Pneumothorax and/or Pneumomediastinum Worsens the Prognosis of COVID-19 Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Retrospective Case-Control Study in the North-East of Italy.
Matteo BonatoAlessia FraccaroNicholas LandiniGiuseppe ZanardiCosimo CatinoFrancesca SavoiaNicola MalacchiniFabiola ZerajPiera PedittoVito CatalanottiElisabetta MarconEmanuela RossiAlessia PaulettiSilvia GalvanRiccardo AdamiMarta TiepoloMauro SalasnichMaria CuzzolaFrancesca ZampieriMarcello RattazziMario PetaSimonetta BaraldoMarina SaettaGiovanni MoranaMicaela RomagnoliPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
PNX/PNM are complications of COVID-19 associated with a worse prognosis in terms of mortality and length of hospitalization. Although they are more frequent in ventilated patients, they can occur in non-ventilated, suggesting that mechanisms other than barotrauma might contribute to their presentation.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- respiratory failure
- sars cov
- end stage renal disease
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- ejection fraction
- mechanical ventilation
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- risk factors
- cross sectional
- cardiovascular events
- peritoneal dialysis
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease