COVID-19 with bilateral pneumothoraces- case report

To the best of our knowledge, there is no case report or data published regarding COVID pneumonitis presenting initially as pneumothorax.There are 3 case reports published to-date (May 30, 2020) reporting secondary pneumothorax as complication in later stages of Acute respiratory distress syndrome (...

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Autores principales: Muhammad, Ambreen Iqbal, Boynton, Emma Jane, Naureen, Samiha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33072509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101254
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Sumario:To the best of our knowledge, there is no case report or data published regarding COVID pneumonitis presenting initially as pneumothorax.There are 3 case reports published to-date (May 30, 2020) reporting secondary pneumothorax as complication in later stages of Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to COVID-19 in non-ventilated patients. We present a case of COVID-19 disease presenting as tension pneumothorax after a week of symptoms and developing a second pneumothorax on the contralateral side post mechanical ventilation.

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