Pneumomediastinum and Subcutaneous Emphysema in an Adult Male From Nepal Infected With COVID-19

Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema have been reported in COVID-19 around the world except for Nepal. We report a case of a 44-year-old male infected with COVID-19 who developed pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema during his eighth day of intubation at the hospital. He was managed...

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Autores principales: Kafle, Satyasuna, Shrestha, Elina, Pokharel, Nisheem, Budhathoki, Pravash, Shrestha, Dhan B, Vittorio, Timothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8352746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34405066
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16306
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author Kafle, Satyasuna
Shrestha, Elina
Pokharel, Nisheem
Budhathoki, Pravash
Shrestha, Dhan B
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description Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema have been reported in COVID-19 around the world except for Nepal. We report a case of a 44-year-old male infected with COVID-19 who developed pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema during his eighth day of intubation at the hospital. He was managed with remdesivir, antibiotics, mechanical ventilation, steroid, and heparin following which he recovered well. Barotrauma-related complications are common in COVID-19 and our case highlights the importance of conservative management for such complications and the rarity of such conditions in Nepal.
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spelling pubmed-83527462021-08-16 Pneumomediastinum and Subcutaneous Emphysema in an Adult Male From Nepal Infected With COVID-19 Kafle, Satyasuna Shrestha, Elina Pokharel, Nisheem Budhathoki, Pravash Shrestha, Dhan B Vittorio, Timothy Cureus Infectious Disease Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema have been reported in COVID-19 around the world except for Nepal. We report a case of a 44-year-old male infected with COVID-19 who developed pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema during his eighth day of intubation at the hospital. He was managed with remdesivir, antibiotics, mechanical ventilation, steroid, and heparin following which he recovered well. Barotrauma-related complications are common in COVID-19 and our case highlights the importance of conservative management for such complications and the rarity of such conditions in Nepal. Cureus 2021-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8352746/ /pubmed/34405066 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16306 Text en Copyright © 2021, Kafle et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Infectious Disease
Kafle, Satyasuna
Shrestha, Elina
Pokharel, Nisheem
Budhathoki, Pravash
Shrestha, Dhan B
Vittorio, Timothy
Pneumomediastinum and Subcutaneous Emphysema in an Adult Male From Nepal Infected With COVID-19
title Pneumomediastinum and Subcutaneous Emphysema in an Adult Male From Nepal Infected With COVID-19
title_full Pneumomediastinum and Subcutaneous Emphysema in an Adult Male From Nepal Infected With COVID-19
title_fullStr Pneumomediastinum and Subcutaneous Emphysema in an Adult Male From Nepal Infected With COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Pneumomediastinum and Subcutaneous Emphysema in an Adult Male From Nepal Infected With COVID-19
title_short Pneumomediastinum and Subcutaneous Emphysema in an Adult Male From Nepal Infected With COVID-19
title_sort pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema in an adult male from nepal infected with covid-19
topic Infectious Disease
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8352746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34405066
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16306
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