Pulmonary Barotrauma in COVID-19 Patients: Experience From a Secondary Care Hospital in Oman
Rasathurai Kajenthiran, Manish Kumar Tiwary, Ashok Lal, Jacob M. Paul et autres
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), many patients developed pulmonary barotrauma either self-inflicted or ventilator-induced. In pulmonary barotrauma, air leaks into extra-alveolar tissue resulting in pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumothorax, and pneumoperitoneum. Methods After obtaining …
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