COVID-19 pneumonia and pneumothorax: case series

Talan L., Şaşal Solmaz F. G., Ercan U., Akdemir Kalkan İ., Kayı Cangır A., Yüksel C., ...More

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, vol.68, no.4, pp.437-443, 2020 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 68 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/tt.70355
  • Journal Name: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.437-443
  • Keywords: COVID-19, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Barotrauma is a commonly reported complication in critically ill patients with ARDS caused by different etiologies, it's rate is reported to be around %10. Pneumothorax/pneumomediastinum in COVID-19 patients seem to be more common and have different clinical characteristics. Here we report 9 patients who had pneumothorax and/or pneumomediastinum during their stay in the ICU.