Understanding the course of COVID-19-induced pneumomediastinum

Since its discovery, COVID-19 has infected nearly 112 million people and caused about 2.5 millions deaths worldwide. Our understanding of the clinical presentation and complications of COVID-19 is still evolving. Bilateral pulmonary ground-glass opacities on imaging have become characteristic in the...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Panico, Rocco, Cai, Jenny, Butts, Christopher A., To, Jennifer Q.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8541892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34593717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.JAA.0000794992.99292.48
_version_ 1784589339091533824
author Panico, Rocco
Cai, Jenny
Butts, Christopher A.
To, Jennifer Q.
author_facet Panico, Rocco
Cai, Jenny
Butts, Christopher A.
To, Jennifer Q.
author_sort Panico, Rocco
collection PubMed
description Since its discovery, COVID-19 has infected nearly 112 million people and caused about 2.5 millions deaths worldwide. Our understanding of the clinical presentation and complications of COVID-19 is still evolving. Bilateral pulmonary ground-glass opacities on imaging have become characteristic in the diagnosis of COVID-19, but pneumomediastinum has now also been reported in some patients with COVID-19. Reports on the overall prognosis for these patients are conflicting and little information exists regarding long-term complications. This article describes the clinical course of a patient who did not need mechanical ventilation but developed spontaneous pneumomediastinum.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8541892
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-85418922021-10-26 Understanding the course of COVID-19-induced pneumomediastinum Panico, Rocco Cai, Jenny Butts, Christopher A. To, Jennifer Q. JAAPA Case Report Since its discovery, COVID-19 has infected nearly 112 million people and caused about 2.5 millions deaths worldwide. Our understanding of the clinical presentation and complications of COVID-19 is still evolving. Bilateral pulmonary ground-glass opacities on imaging have become characteristic in the diagnosis of COVID-19, but pneumomediastinum has now also been reported in some patients with COVID-19. Reports on the overall prognosis for these patients are conflicting and little information exists regarding long-term complications. This article describes the clinical course of a patient who did not need mechanical ventilation but developed spontaneous pneumomediastinum. Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 2021-11 2021-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8541892/ /pubmed/34593717 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.JAA.0000794992.99292.48 Text en Copyright © 2021 American Academy of Physician Assistants https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of PAs. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections.
spellingShingle Case Report
Panico, Rocco
Cai, Jenny
Butts, Christopher A.
To, Jennifer Q.
Understanding the course of COVID-19-induced pneumomediastinum
title Understanding the course of COVID-19-induced pneumomediastinum
title_full Understanding the course of COVID-19-induced pneumomediastinum
title_fullStr Understanding the course of COVID-19-induced pneumomediastinum
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the course of COVID-19-induced pneumomediastinum
title_short Understanding the course of COVID-19-induced pneumomediastinum
title_sort understanding the course of covid-19-induced pneumomediastinum
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8541892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34593717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.JAA.0000794992.99292.48
work_keys_str_mv AT panicorocco understandingthecourseofcovid19inducedpneumomediastinum
AT caijenny understandingthecourseofcovid19inducedpneumomediastinum
AT buttschristophera understandingthecourseofcovid19inducedpneumomediastinum
AT tojenniferq understandingthecourseofcovid19inducedpneumomediastinum

Ejemplares similares