Abstrakt

Introduction: COVID pneumonia can lead to pneumomediastinum or pneumothorax during non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation. This affects the prognosis.
Methodology: During the study period, 121 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infections and invasive or non-invasive ventilation therapy were recorded in our hospital. All patients with a pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum were analyzed in more detail.
Results: Pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum occurred in 12 patients and resulted in 7 deaths.
Discussion: The incidence of pneumothorax with COVID infection ranges from 0.56‰ to 1%, reaching 3.5% in our own studies and 4.2% under invasive mechanical ventilation. The incidence of pneumomediastinum was 10% and 9.2% in our own patients. Overall mortality was 58.3% and similar to that reported in the literature, up to 60%.

Autoreninformation

Autoren

• A. Skuballa¹
• M. Fuchs²

Abteilungen

• ¹ Abteilung Thoraxchirurgie, Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie,
• ² Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin- und Schmerztherapie, Klinikum St. Georg Leipzig, Leipzig

Adresse

Dr. med. Axel Skuballa
Abteilung Thoraxchirurgie, Klinik für Allgemein-,
Viszeral-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie
Klinikum St. Georg Leipzig
Delitzscher Straße 141
04129 Leipzig
Email: [email protected]

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