Radiologic aspects of COVID-19 pneumonia: outcomes and thoracic complications. / Aspectos radiológicos de la neumonía COVID-19: evolución y complicaciones torácicas.
Radiologia (Engl Ed)
; 63(1): 74-88, 2021.
Article
in English, Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-989183
ABSTRACT
Outcomes vary widely in patients with COVID-19. Whereas some patients have only mild symptoms of short duration, others develop severe disease that leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring prolonged stays in intensive care units. Radiologically, the initial stage is characterized by viral pneumonia with mild expression. In some patients, however, the onset of the immune response results in acute lung damage with organizing pneumonia and diffuse alveolar damage. Moderate-severe disease is associated with a high incidence of pulmonary embolisms, generally peripherally distributed and associated with endothelial damage, prolonged stays in bed, and coagulopathy. Other relatively common complications are spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum due to the rupture of alveolar walls and barotrauma in mechanically ventilated patients. Superinfection, generally bacterial and less commonly fungal, is more common in patients with severe disease.
Keywords
COVID-19; Complicaciones torácicas; Coronavirus; Daño alveolar difuso; Embolia pulmonar; Neumomediastino; Neumonía organizada; Neumotórax; SARS-CoV-2; Síndrome de distrés respiratorio agudo; Trombosis; acute respiratory distress syndrome; diffuse alveolar damage; organizing pneumonia; pneumomediastinum.; pneumothorax; pulmonary embolism; thoracic complications; thrombosis
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
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Spanish
Journal:
Radiologia (Engl Ed)
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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