Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Clinical Case of Surfactant Administration in Adult Patient with COVID-19 Associated Pneumonia and Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Abstract

Yersin Zhunussov, Sayat Tanatarov, Zhanar Urazalina*, Marat Sandybayev, Ilyas Mukhamedzhanov, Vladimir Li and Imdat Efendiev

First cases of COVID-19 appeared in Kazakhstan at the end of March 2020, which was significantly later than in other countries of Asia and Europe. We report on one of the first Kazakhstani patients with severe COVID-19. A 60-year old Caucasian man was hospitalized to the infectious department of Semey city hospital with the symptoms of fever up to 38.5°C, sore throat, general fatigue, scanty cough. The disease started abruptly and the patient was on self-administered antibiotics and aspirin within 4 days with no improvement.