Pneumomediastinum in COVID Era: A case series
Subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum are uncommon complications seen in COVID −19 patients that tend to worsen their prognosis. Being a new disease, management of this new complication of this disease is not well defined in the literature. We present a case series of six patients of probable...
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| author | Kashish Dutta Deepak Aggarwal Mandeep Sodhi Surabhi Jaggi Varinder Saini |
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| description | Subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum are uncommon complications seen in COVID −19 patients that tend to worsen their prognosis. Being a new disease, management of this new complication of this disease is not well defined in the literature. We present a case series of six patients of probable/confirmed COVID who developed pneumomediastinum at varied time intervals from the onset of symptoms. Timely recognition and management led to recovery in all of them. Management done in this case series may help in providing data to formulate treatment guidelines for this potentially fatal disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c4261dc902f436790a3470ab1c217a52023-10-26T08:51:40ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsThe Journal of Association of Chest Physicians2320-87752320-90892023-01-01112929910.4103/jacp.jacp_26_22Pneumomediastinum in COVID Era: A case seriesKashish DuttaDeepak AggarwalMandeep SodhiSurabhi JaggiVarinder SainiSubcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum are uncommon complications seen in COVID −19 patients that tend to worsen their prognosis. Being a new disease, management of this new complication of this disease is not well defined in the literature. We present a case series of six patients of probable/confirmed COVID who developed pneumomediastinum at varied time intervals from the onset of symptoms. Timely recognition and management led to recovery in all of them. Management done in this case series may help in providing data to formulate treatment guidelines for this potentially fatal disease.http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2023;volume=11;issue=2;spage=92;epage=99;aulast=Duttacomplicationscovid-19pneumomediastinumpneumothoraxsubcutaneous emphysematreatment of pneumomediastinum |
| spellingShingle | Kashish Dutta Deepak Aggarwal Mandeep Sodhi Surabhi Jaggi Varinder Saini Pneumomediastinum in COVID Era: A case series The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians complications covid-19 pneumomediastinum pneumothorax subcutaneous emphysema treatment of pneumomediastinum |
| title | Pneumomediastinum in COVID Era: A case series |
| title_full | Pneumomediastinum in COVID Era: A case series |
| title_fullStr | Pneumomediastinum in COVID Era: A case series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pneumomediastinum in COVID Era: A case series |
| title_short | Pneumomediastinum in COVID Era: A case series |
| title_sort | pneumomediastinum in covid era a case series |
| topic | complications covid-19 pneumomediastinum pneumothorax subcutaneous emphysema treatment of pneumomediastinum |
| url | http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2023;volume=11;issue=2;spage=92;epage=99;aulast=Dutta |
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