Expanding spontaneous pneumothorax in COVID-19 pneumonia: Case report and review of literature

Coronavirus disease 2019 has presented itself with a variety of clinical signs and symptoms. One of these has been the accordance of spontaneous pneumothorax which in instances has caused rapid deterioration of patients. Furthermore pneumothorax may happen secondary to intubation and the resulting c...

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Autores principales: Mohammadi, Afshin, Boroofeh, Behdad, Mohebbi, Alisa, Mirza-Aghazadeh-Attari, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8493232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34630976
http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/jcvtr.2021.16
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Sumario:Coronavirus disease 2019 has presented itself with a variety of clinical signs and symptoms. One of these has been the accordance of spontaneous pneumothorax which in instances has caused rapid deterioration of patients. Furthermore pneumothorax may happen secondary to intubation and the resulting complications. Not enough is discussed regarding cases with COVID-19 related pneumothorax and proper management of these patients. The present article reports an elderly patient with spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to COVID-19 and reviews the existing literature.

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