“Encefalopatía postanóxica a consecuencia de cirugía por mediastinitis”.

Abstract

The present case report explains all the medical events that arose from an exodontic of the dental piece Nro.18, a 27-year-old male patient. Due to the fact that he suffered a dental infection called Ludwig's Angina after several days of having undergone an exodontic treatment, the patient's clinical condition was not adequately treated, and the patient developed a secondary mediastinitis with angina of ludwing. It was necessary a surgical intervention the same that left as a sequel a post-noxative encephalopathy. In this case analysis it is narrated how the care in each one of the health homes in which the patient was, the clinical picture was analyzed in its different stages, the risk factors were analyzed, and the critical points were identified. Finally, an alternative physiotherapeutic treatment is proposed in order to provide a better quality of life.