Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in critically-ill COVID-19 infants : About two cases

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INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 is an emerging infection, it is the first large-scale pandemic of the 21st century. Several complications have been described during this infection but spontaneous pneumothorax remains an uncommon complication, even more so in infants.

CLINICAL PRESENTATION: We report two cases of a 9-month-old and 18-month-old males admitted to our department for the management of an acute respiratory distress due to a COVID-19 infection associated to a spontaneous pneumothorax successfully drained.While one patient had a favorable outcome, the other was readmitted to our department for the management of a septic shock secondary to a urinary tract infection with a deadly outcome.

DISCUSSION: In this paragraph we describe known causes behind spontaneous pneumothorax, before detailing the different pathogenesis hypotheses linking pneumothorax to COVID-19, all while comparing data to the literature related to the adult population.

CONCLUSION: Spontaneous pneumothorax is a serious complication associated with severe COVID-19 that can occur in infants and must be considered in the event of a respiratory aggravation or a persistent hypoxia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) - 73(2022) vom: 28. Jan., Seite 103172

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Laaribi, Ilyass [VerfasserIn]
Mimouni, Hamza [VerfasserIn]
Bouayed, Zakaria [VerfasserIn]
El Aidouni, Ghizlane [VerfasserIn]
Berrichi, Samia [VerfasserIn]
Bahouh, Choukri [VerfasserIn]
Bkiyar, Houssam [VerfasserIn]
Housni, Brahim [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Case Reports
Infant patients
Spontaneous pneumothorax

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Date Revised 29.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103172

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NLM334405157