Spontaneous Pneumothorax in an Elderly Patient With Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia

Background: The relationship between the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pneumothorax is not yet established. As of June 2020, few cases of nonintubated patients developing pneumothorax had been documented. Case Report: We present the case of an elderly patient with COVID-19 pneumonia that res...

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Autores principales: Rehman, Tyler, Josephson, Greta, Sunbuli, Moutaz, Chadaga, Amar R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academic Division of Ochsner Clinic Foundation 2020
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Case Reports and Clinical Observations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7529129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33071674
http://dx.doi.org/10.31486/toj.20.0072
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Josephson, Greta
Sunbuli, Moutaz
Chadaga, Amar R.
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description Background: The relationship between the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pneumothorax is not yet established. As of June 2020, few cases of nonintubated patients developing pneumothorax had been documented. Case Report: We present the case of an elderly patient with COVID-19 pneumonia that resulted in a prolonged hospital course because of pneumothorax complication. The patient did not develop severe symptoms and did not require intubation. Conclusion: This case report should aid clinicians assessing patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.
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spelling pubmed-75291292020-10-15 Spontaneous Pneumothorax in an Elderly Patient With Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia Rehman, Tyler Josephson, Greta Sunbuli, Moutaz Chadaga, Amar R. Ochsner J Case Reports and Clinical Observations Background: The relationship between the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pneumothorax is not yet established. As of June 2020, few cases of nonintubated patients developing pneumothorax had been documented. Case Report: We present the case of an elderly patient with COVID-19 pneumonia that resulted in a prolonged hospital course because of pneumothorax complication. The patient did not develop severe symptoms and did not require intubation. Conclusion: This case report should aid clinicians assessing patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. Academic Division of Ochsner Clinic Foundation 2020 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7529129/ /pubmed/33071674 http://dx.doi.org/10.31486/toj.20.0072 Text en ©2020 by the author(s); Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode ©2020 by the author(s); licensee Ochsner Journal, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode) that permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Pneumothorax in an Elderly Patient With Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia
title_short Spontaneous Pneumothorax in an Elderly Patient With Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia
title_sort spontaneous pneumothorax in an elderly patient with coronavirus disease (covid-19) pneumonia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7529129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33071674
http://dx.doi.org/10.31486/toj.20.0072
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