A 101-year-old woman who tested positive for coronavirus has survived the virus after 12 days on admission at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
The woman, who was formerly admitted in a private hospital for treatment, was transferred to OAUTHC after it was noticed she was showing some symptoms of COVID-19 like acute cough, breathlessness, fever and malaise.
Chief Medical Director (CMD), Ile-Ife, Prof. Victor Adetiloye who didn’t reveal the name of the woman expressed that the 101-year-old resident of Ilesha had shown symptoms of the disease for eight days before she was presented for treatment.
Adetiloye said the team that managed the patient encountered challenges, including advanced age, frailty, poor sleep, loss of appetite as well as frequent desaturation.
The team, however, successfully managed the case within 12 days of admission and the patient had since been discharged.
Giving insight into how the patient was managed, the CMD said:
The patient’s clinical condition worsened and this warranted a screening test for SARS CoV2.
The PCR result returned positive and she was subsequently admitted to the OAUTHC isolation centre on January 30, 2021. The relevant findings on admission included poor oxygen saturation (SpO2 90% on oxygen), lethargy, altered sensorium, neutrophilic leucocytosis and hypokalemia.
She was subsequently managed with intravenous antibiotics, supplemental oxygen, high dose multivitamins, zinc sulphate, potassium supplementation, subcutaneous clexane and low dose intravenous dexamethasone.
He explained;
She was closely monitored as regards vital signs, especially the oxygen saturation, pulse blood pressure and blood glucose. She was cautiously anticoagulated and subsequently mobilised on a wheel chair.
Her clinical condition gradually improved and she was weaned off oxygen six days after admission. At discharge, she was stable with oxygen saturation at 97 per cent and other vital signs were within normal limits. She was discharged home on medication and counselled on the need to observe all the non-pharmacological preventive measures against COVID-19.
Adetiloye added that the clinical condition gradually improved and she was weaned off oxygen six days after admission and at discharge.
She was stable with oxygen saturation at 97 per cent and other vital signs were within normal limits.
He said;
She was discharged home on medications and counselled on the need to observe all the non-pharmacological preventive measures against COVID-19.
The total length of admission was 12 days and she was discharged into the warm embrace of her children and other close relations.
Apart from the case of the centenarian that was successful treated, Adetiloye said OAUTH also managed 120 cases of COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic without any mortality, adding that from December till date, the hospital had successfully managed over 135 cases.
