Re-expansion pulmonary edema following a pneumothorax drainage in a patient with COVID-19

Re-expansion pulmonary edema following a pneumothorax drainage in a patient with COVID-19

Abstract Background Re-expansion pulmonary edema is an uncommon complication following drainage of a pneumothorax or pleural effusion. While pneumothorax is noted to complicate COVID-19 patients, no case of COVID-19 developing re-expansion pulmonary edema has been reported. Case representation A man...

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Main Authors: Kosaku Komiya, Ryosuke Hamanaka, Hisayuki Shuto, Hiroki Yoshikawa, Atsushi Yokoyama, Kazufumi Hiramatsu, Jun-ichi Kadota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Re-expansion pulmonary edema
Pneumothorax
COVID-19
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01661-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01661-w

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