Pneumomediastinum: a rare complication in COVID-19 patients

A 62-year-old man with COVID-19 had PS for fever, coughing, and breathlessness. Two days after therapy, the patient’s clinical condition worsened. X-ray and CT showed pneumomediastinum, emphysema and pneumothorax. The patient was intubated and subjected to conservative therapy. The patient was disch...

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Autores principales: Guerra, Francesco Saverio, Piccarreta, Roberta, Carpentiere, Rossella, Panunzio, Annalori, Guglielmi, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10510955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36134719
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v93iS1.13061
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author Guerra, Francesco Saverio
Piccarreta, Roberta
Carpentiere, Rossella
Panunzio, Annalori
Guglielmi, Giuseppe
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description A 62-year-old man with COVID-19 had PS for fever, coughing, and breathlessness. Two days after therapy, the patient’s clinical condition worsened. X-ray and CT showed pneumomediastinum, emphysema and pneumothorax. The patient was intubated and subjected to conservative therapy. The patient was discharged after about 20 days. Radiological imaging plays a key role in the proper diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients with related complications.
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spelling pubmed-105109552023-09-21 Pneumomediastinum: a rare complication in COVID-19 patients Guerra, Francesco Saverio Piccarreta, Roberta Carpentiere, Rossella Panunzio, Annalori Guglielmi, Giuseppe Acta Biomed Case Report A 62-year-old man with COVID-19 had PS for fever, coughing, and breathlessness. Two days after therapy, the patient’s clinical condition worsened. X-ray and CT showed pneumomediastinum, emphysema and pneumothorax. The patient was intubated and subjected to conservative therapy. The patient was discharged after about 20 days. Radiological imaging plays a key role in the proper diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients with related complications. Mattioli 1885 2022 2022-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10510955/ /pubmed/36134719 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v93iS1.13061 Text en Copyright: © 2022 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Guerra, Francesco Saverio
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Carpentiere, Rossella
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Guglielmi, Giuseppe
Pneumomediastinum: a rare complication in COVID-19 patients
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title_full Pneumomediastinum: a rare complication in COVID-19 patients
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