Management of Pneumomediastinum Associated with H1N1 Pneumonia: A Case Report

H1N1 is seen in tropical countries like India, occurring irrespective of the season. Complications of the disease are frequently encountered and there is little in the way or guidelines as to the how these should be managed. The treatment of one such complication, a recurrent pneumiomediastinum is t...

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Autores principales: Singh, Bhavna P, Shetty, Gurucharan S, Vijayan, Padmakumar Arayamparambil, Gopalakrishna, Ullas, Chandan, Garud, Santini, Ario, Padegal, Vivek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30766920
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2019-0001
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Sumario:H1N1 is seen in tropical countries like India, occurring irrespective of the season. Complications of the disease are frequently encountered and there is little in the way or guidelines as to the how these should be managed. The treatment of one such complication, a recurrent pneumiomediastinum is the subject of the current paper. The management followed guidance for the treatment of a similar condition known as primary spontaneous pneumomediastinum, an uncommon condition resulting from alveolar rupture-otherwise known as the Macklin phenomenon.

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