COVID-19 with spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema in the intensive care unit: Two case reports

• Main Authors: Abdulrahman Alharthy (Author), Gultakin H. Bakirova (Author), Homaida Bakheet (Author), Abdullah Balhamar (Author), Peter G. Brindley (Author), Saleh A. Alqahtani (Author), Ziad A. Memish (Author), Dimitrios Karakitsos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Real-Time-reverse-transcription-Polymerase-Chain-Reaction from nasopharyngeal swabs and chest computed tomography (CT) depicting typically bilateral ground-glass opacities with a peripheral and/or posterior distribution are mandatory in the diagnosis of COVID-19. COVID-19 pneumonia may present thoug...