Pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax as relevant complications of sub-intensive care of patients with covid-19: Description of a case series

Abstract

Lung failure has been the most common cause of hospitalization for COVID-19. Yet, bilateral interstitial pneumonia has not been the only cause of lung failure of these inpatients, and frequently they develop other illnesses associated with COVID-19. Pulmonary embolism has been the most looked for in the world, but rarely other pneumological diseases, such as pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum, have been described and associated with a worsening prognosis. We here report our clinical experience associated with the occurrence of pneumothorax and pneumomedi-astinum in a cohort of inpatients hospitalized in our division of medicine in a regular ward or in a sub-intensive ward.