Bedside Transcervical-Transtracheal Postintubation Injury Repair in a COVID-19 Patient.
Ann Thorac Surg
; 110(5): e417-e419, 2020 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-884669
ABSTRACT
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread worldwide since December 2019. An acute respiratory distress syndrome develops in a relevant rate of patients, who require hospitalization. Among them, a nonnegligible rate of 9.8% to 15.2% of patients requires tracheal intubation for invasive ventilation. We report the case of a pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema developing in a COVID-19 patient secondary to postintubation tracheal injury. The management of COVID-19 patients can be challenging due to the risk of disease transmission to caregivers and epidemic spread. We performed a bedside tracheal injury surgical repair, after failure of conservative management, with resolution of pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema and improvement of the patient's conditions.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Subcutaneous Emphysema
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Trachea
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Coronavirus Infections
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Thoracic Surgical Procedures
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Betacoronavirus
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Intubation, Intratracheal
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Mediastinal Emphysema
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Thorac Surg
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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