Spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with new coronavirus disease SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19

Authors

  • A. YU. Horoliuk Krivyi Rih City Hospital No. 7

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/2414-4533.2022.1.12929

Keywords:

coronavirus disease SARS-CoV-2COVID-19, pneumothorax, drainage of the pleural cavity

Abstract

Since the WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic (March 11, 2020), pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome have focused on the manifestations of this new coronavirus disease. Meanwhile, COVID-19 also develops other lung lesions that require immediate surgery. In particular, the development of "spontaneous" pneumothorax as a direct consequence of lung tissue damage by SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 virus. Here is our experience of observation in the general surgical department, which provided surgical care to patients with COVID-19 for the period of declared quarantine in a large industrial city. This report presents the case histories of four patients with "spontaneous" pneumothorax, which was a direct complication of the new coronavirus disease COVID-19. The article also traces the possible causes of this complication in pneumonia (pneumonitis) caused by SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 virus in contrast to pneumonia caused by influenza viruses and other previously known coronaviruses.

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2022-05-20

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Horoliuk, A. Y. (2022). Spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with new coronavirus disease SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 . Hospital Surgery. Journal Named by L.Ya. Kovalchuk, (1), 99–103. https://doi.org/10.11603/2414-4533.2022.1.12929

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