Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: September | Volume: 10 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 248-251
“Kill Me” COVID-19 Patient Says: A Case Report
Alfateh Sayed M. Noor1, Abdulrahman M. Alharthy1, Ahmed Rajab1, Waleed Th. Aletreby1, Khalid Hamza2, Essam Hashish3, Ahmed F. Mady1,4
1Critical Care Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, KSA.
2Pulmonology Department, Alquaiayah General Hospital, Riyadh, KSA
3Psychology Department, Alquaiayah General Hospital, Riyadh, KSA
4Anesthesia Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Corresponding Author: Waleed Th. Aletreby
ABSTRACT
Ominous new data suggest that COVID-19 may be linked to psychological and neurological conditions including strokes and psychosis, along with alerting reports of possible rise in suicidal rates due to several factors. This rare case report outlines and documents delirium and suicidal ideation in a sixty-year old patient with critical covid-19 pneumonia. The patient’s condition was diagnosed early, and successfully treated in a COVID-19 specialized intensive care unit of King Saud medical city, in Saudi Arabia. This case report highlights the possible association between COVID-19 infection and psychological manifestations, with stress upon the importance of early recognition, through effective communication with patients, and management in a multidisciplinary approach.
Key words: COVID-19, Case Report, ICU, Psychological.