Recurrent pneumothorax in a COVID-19 patient: A case report

An 88-year-old woman diagnosed with COVID-19 in Brazil presented with recurrent pneumothorax. She was under mechanical ventilation for 20 days because of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Chest x-ray revealed right lung pneumothorax, which was treated with a pigtail chest tube leading to s...

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Autores principales: Sardenberg, Rodrigo A.S., Sant’Ana, João Pedro E., Vicente, Amanda O., Pereira, Amanda S., Bertozzi, Pedro V., Mano, Rafaela B.C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7462578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32895628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101201
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author Sardenberg, Rodrigo A.S.
Sant’Ana, João Pedro E.
Vicente, Amanda O.
Pereira, Amanda S.
Bertozzi, Pedro V.
Mano, Rafaela B.C.
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Sant’Ana, João Pedro E.
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description An 88-year-old woman diagnosed with COVID-19 in Brazil presented with recurrent pneumothorax. She was under mechanical ventilation for 20 days because of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Chest x-ray revealed right lung pneumothorax, which was treated with a pigtail chest tube leading to successful lung reexpansion. After 48 hours the patient developed an ipsilateral pneumothorax and a new tube thoracostomy under conventional chest tube under suction was performed and kept in place for 14 days. This brief report highlights that the conventional chest tube under suction procedures might be a good choice in Covid-19 patients.
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spelling pubmed-74625782020-09-02 Recurrent pneumothorax in a COVID-19 patient: A case report Sardenberg, Rodrigo A.S. Sant’Ana, João Pedro E. Vicente, Amanda O. Pereira, Amanda S. Bertozzi, Pedro V. Mano, Rafaela B.C. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report An 88-year-old woman diagnosed with COVID-19 in Brazil presented with recurrent pneumothorax. She was under mechanical ventilation for 20 days because of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Chest x-ray revealed right lung pneumothorax, which was treated with a pigtail chest tube leading to successful lung reexpansion. After 48 hours the patient developed an ipsilateral pneumothorax and a new tube thoracostomy under conventional chest tube under suction was performed and kept in place for 14 days. This brief report highlights that the conventional chest tube under suction procedures might be a good choice in Covid-19 patients. Elsevier 2020-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7462578/ /pubmed/32895628 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101201 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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