Author(s)

Ibrahima Amadou Dembele^1,2, Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar¹, Romuald Nounga Nyanke^2,3*, Sékou Landoure², Stéphane Loique Djeugoue^2,4, Adama Sinayoko², Nouhoum Kone², Paul Antoni¹, Amadou Nouroudine¹, Rosunee Ahsveen¹, Yacouba Koné², Aoua Diarra², Tania Mekuiko Ngeupi³, Mamadou Cissoko², Mamadou Mallé², Keïta Kaly², Djibril Sy^2,3, Djénébou Traoré^2,3, Didier Mukéba Tshialala⁴, Assétou Soukho Kaya^2,3, Emmanuel Andres¹

¹Internal Medicine Department, Medical Clinic B, University Hospital Center of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
²Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Center Point G, Bamako, Mali.
³Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
⁴Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Public Health, University of Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Introduction: The severity of Sars-Cov-2 infection is associated with the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The progression to ARDS appears to be driven by a major inflammatory mechanism potentially sensitive to corticosteroids. Observation: This article describes the case of an elderly patient was admitted to emergency departments for intense asthenia, accompanied by motor diarrhoea, dyspnoea with desaturation in ambient air, in a context of strong suspicion of infection linked to COVID-19. The article also reviews the existing literature on the diagnosis and treatment of this severe form of the disease. Conclusion: Corticosteroids, and in particular dexamethasone, have been shown to be effective in the management of patients with COVID-19, an oxygen-releasing disease.

COVID-19, Diabetes Mellitus, Elderly person, Corticosteroids, Internal Medicine

Dembele, I. , Zulfiqar, A. , Nyanke, R. , Landoure, S. , Djeugoue, S. , Sinayoko, A. , Kone, N. , Antoni, P. , Nouroudine, A. , Ahsveen, R. , Koné, Y. , Diarra, A. , Ngeupi, T. , Cissoko, M. , Mallé, M. , Kaly, K. , Sy, D. , Traoré, D. , Tshialala, D. , Kaya, A. and Andres, E. (2024) COVID-19 and the Vascular Elderly Subject: Illustration of Therapeutic Management with Corticosteroids in an Elderly Diabetic Patient with COVID-19. Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics, 14, 1-6. doi: 10.4236/ojcd.2024.141001.