The Clinic of the University of La Sabana delivered a new medical part of the Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal after undergoing surgery and staying in the Intensive Care Unit.
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Among the main novelties reported by the medical center, it is confirmed that the athlete is conscious and also has mobility of its four extremities.
“After noon the patient adequately tolerated the extubation protocol without no complications at this time is conscious with mobility of all four limbs”, says the statement.
The La Sabana Clinic also confirmed that this Tuesday it was possible to continue with the process post-operative of the cyclist once Egan Bernal managed to wake up.
“We proceeded to monitor and adjust ventilatory support and support and inotropic, In addition to this, antimicrobial and antithrombotic prophylaxis was carried out. He was also given fluid management and electrolytes, the foregoing comprises a further advance in its post-operative evolution”, they explain.
Finally from the medical center they confirm that there is an important advance in the state of health of the depoartist in the middle of these 72 hours that are key to avoiding relapses.
“The interdisciplinary team will continue to be dedicated to taking care of everything that is involved in the current medical condition of the patient in the best possible way. patient as the works have passed they have had an excellent response to the treatment and the doses of and inotropy have been decreasing”, the statement concluded.
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Egan Bernal, champion of the 2019 Tour de France and the 2021 Giro d’Italia, suffered a severe blow while entering Cundinamarca to prepare what would be the 2022 calendar.
