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Morphine May Contribute to Improving Respiratory Failure in Severe COVID-19: A Case Report
Yukako Tanaka-Yagi1, Takashi Yamaguchi2, Yoshinobu Matsuda3
1Department of Palliative Care, Konan Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan.
Abstract:
At present, the world is undergoing successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. When COVID-19 becomes severe, it causes respiratory failure and symptoms of dyspnoea. The patient's dyspnoea worsens to the IPOS of 3. One COVID-19 patient admitted to our medical institution developed severe illness characterised by hypoxaemia and dyspnoea. In addition to disease-modifying treatments such as remdesivir and dexamethasone, we administered morphine to relieve his dyspnoea. Surprisingly, we observed an improvement in both hypoxaemia and dyspnoea.
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