ArticleHeart & lung : the journal of critical care
High incidence and mortality of pneumothorax in critically Ill patients with COVID-19.
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- Autopsy Findings of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia Combined with Pulmonary Aspergillosis, Pneumothorax, and Pulmonary Thromboembolisms.The American journal of case reports · 2023Article
- Life-threatening pneumothorax after release from isolation with COVID-19 pneumonia.Radiology case reports · 2023Article
- Benign incidental cardiac findings in chest and cardiac CT imaging.The British journal of radiology · 2023Review
- Determinants of Pneumothorax Among Mechanically Ventilated COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Patients, a Single Centre Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- The use of lung ultrasound in COVID-19.ERJ open research · 2023Review
- THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 VACCINES ON PNEUMOTHORAX IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS HOSPİTALIZED IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DUE TO COVID-19.Acta clinica Croatica · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe clinical characteristics of the patients with COVID-19 complicated by pneumothorax have not been clarified.
objectivesTo determine the epidemiology and risks of pneumothorax in the critically ill patients with COVID-19.
methodsRetrospectively collecting and analysing medical records, laboratory findings, chest X-ray and CT images of 5 patients complicated by pneumothorax.
resultsThe incidence of pneumothorax was 10% (5/49) in patients with ARDS, 24% (5/21) in patients receiving mechanical ventilation, and 56% (5/9) in patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation, with 80% (4/5) patients died. All the 5 patients were male and aged ranging from 54 to 79 years old. Pneumothorax was most likely to occur 2 weeks after the beginning of dyspnea and associated with reduction of neuromuscular blockers, recruitment maneuver, severe cough, changes of lung structure and function.
conclusionsPneumothorax is a frequent and fatal complication of critically ill patients with COVID-19.
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