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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
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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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description 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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spelling pubmed-75500672020-10-13 COVID-19 with bilateral pneumothoraces- case report Muhammad, Ambreen Iqbal Boynton, Emma Jane Naureen, Samiha Respir Med Case Rep 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 (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. Elsevier 2020-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7550067/ /pubmed/33072509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101254 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33072509
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