Air in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: A Case of Pneumomediastinum and Pneumopericardium in the Setting of COVID-19 Disease.
Cureus
; 14(5): e25075, 2022 May.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1884697
ABSTRACT
Infection with SARS-CoV-2, commonly referred to as COVID-19 disease, has been noted to involve a systemic inflammatory reaction affecting multiple organ systems. Patients present with a spectrum of symptoms from mild to severe respiratory distress requiring supplemental oxygen and, at times, intubation and mechanical intubation. Pulmonary involvement causes diffuse alveolar wall damage leading to destruction and collapse of the alveolar walls causing air leakage and introduction of the air into the mediastinum, pericardium, and interstitial spaces. We present a case of a 71-year-old patient who presented with respiratory distress requiring supplemental oxygen with subsequent rapid decline and decompensation requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation who was found to have pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium.
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Cureus
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2022
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