Pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax as extrapulmonary complications of pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2.
Medicina Interna de Mexico
; 38(2):467-470, 2022.
Article
in Spanish
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2317874
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Barotrauma is a lesion generated for changes in the pressure and/or volume within a specific anatomic way;pneumo-mediastinum and pneumothorax are clear samples of this effect, frequently related to infectious symptoms. CLINICAL CASES Two clinical cases are presented, 34 and 44 years old, that had pneumonia due to COVID-19, with subsequent exacerbation of the symptoms caused by barotrauma. Patients were evaluated at emergency unit of the Hospital Angeles Pedregal, Mexico City;their clinical presentation was similar and was unleashed by repeated cough in the context of pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2. CONCLUSION(S) Now there is more experience on the complications associated during COVID-19, although more cases must be study to know their prognostic meaning and, in case it becomes a progression marker of the illness, to establish specific measures and therapeutic recommendations. The presentation of pneumonia stands out despite the vaccination, having to get the general population make consciousness of continuing with measures of respiratory isolation.Copyright © 2022 Comunicaciones Cientificas Mexicanas S.A. de C.V.. All rights reserved.
Barotrauma; Pneumomediastinum; Pneumonia; Pneumothorax; SARS-CoV-2; adult; article; case report; clinical article; complication; consciousness; coronavirus disease 2019; coughing; disease exacerbation; emergency ward; female; human; male; Mexico City; nonhuman; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; standing frame; vaccination
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Medicina Interna de Mexico
Year:
2022
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