Bilateral pneumothorax following COVID- 19
Department of Pulmonary and Sleep medicine, PRS Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Case Study
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022, 20(01), 012–015.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2022.20.1.0255
Publication history:
Received on 21 May 2022; revised on 30 June 2022; accepted on 02 July 2022
Abstract:
Risk factors for pneumothorax include male sex, height, smoking and underlying lung conditions. The reported causes of bilateral pneumothorax include trauma, tumor, and iatrogenic causes. Complications of pneumothorax include Respiratory failure or arrest, Pneumoperitoneum, Pyopneumothorax, Pneumohemothorax, Pneumopericardium, Bronchopulmonary fistula, damage to the neurovascular bundle during tube thoracostomy and pain and skin infection at the site of tube thoracostomy. Pneumothorax is rather rare complication of pneumonia associated with SARS COV-2. Herein, we described a COVID-19 patient who presented with breathlessness and chest pain which turned out is bilateral pneumothorax.
Keywords:
Bilateral Pneumothorax; SARS-COV 2; COVID- 19; Intercostal Drainage
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