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ArticleActa clinica Croatica2022

THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 VACCINES ON PNEUMOTHORAX IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS HOSPİTALIZED IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DUE TO COVID-19.

Anil Gokce, Merve Hatipoglu, Suleyman Anil Akboga, Aysegul Inci Sezen, Serife Gokbulut Bektas, Yucel Akkas, Bulent Kocer

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Article in Acta clinica Croatica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anil GokceUniversity of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.
Merve HatipogluUniversity of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.
Suleyman Anil AkbogaUniversity of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.
Aysegul Inci SezenIstanbul Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey.
Serife Gokbulut BektasUniversity of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Department of Intensive Care Unit, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.
Yucel AkkasUniversity of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.
Bulent KocerUniversity of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TR

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Abstract

In our study, we examined the effect of COVID-19 vaccination on the incidence of pneumothorax in intensive care patients over age 65. COVID-19 intensive care patients that presented to our department between April 2020 and May 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic were evaluated retrospectively. Patients were divided into two main groups, i.e., before and after the vaccination period. Patients were evaluated retrospectively for the following parameters: gender, age, side of pneumothorax, mortality, discharge, comorbidity, and additional pleural complications. The total number of patients was 87, i.e., 66 patients before vaccination and 21 patients after vaccination. When patients in the pre- and post-vaccination period were compared, there was a significant difference in the incidence of pneumothorax between the two groups (p<0.05). Pneumothorax was less common after vaccination. When patients with pneumothorax and tube thoracostomy were evaluated according to pre- and post-vaccination mortality, mortality was significantly higher (89%) in the pre-vaccination period (p<0.05). We consider that COVID-19 vaccines used in patients aged over 65 reduced the incidence of pleural complications, especially pneumothorax. We think that mortality due to pneumothorax in patients over 65 years of age was lower during the vaccination period. In addition, we think that bilateral pneumothorax was more common in the non-vaccinated period. As a result, we think that life-threatening pneumothorax and similar complications could be reduced by increasing the number of vaccines made in the COVID-19 pandemic and spreading it around the world.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesPneumothoraxAgedHumansIntensive Care UnitsPandemicsRetrospective StudiesThoracostomyCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19COVID-19 vaccinationGeriatricsIntensive Care UnitMortalityPneumothorax

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