Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19 : a phenotype of severe COVID-19 pneumonitis? The results of the United Kingdom (POETIC) survey

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BACKGROUND: There is an emerging understanding that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with increased incidence of pneumomediastinum. We aimed to determine its incidence among patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom and describe factors associated with outcome.

METHODS: A structured survey of pneumomediastinum and its incidence was conducted from September 2020 to February 2021. United Kingdom-wide participation was solicited via respiratory research networks. Identified patients had SARS-CoV-2 infection and radiologically proven pneumomediastinum. The primary outcomes were to determine incidence of pneumomediastinum in COVID-19 and to investigate risk factors associated with patient mortality.

RESULTS: 377 cases of pneumomediastinum in COVID-19 were identified from 58 484 inpatients with COVID-19 at 53 hospitals during the study period, giving an incidence of 0.64%. Overall 120-day mortality in COVID-19 pneumomediastinum was 195/377 (51.7%). Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19 was associated with high rates of mechanical ventilation. 172/377 patients (45.6%) were mechanically ventilated at the point of diagnosis. Mechanical ventilation was the most important predictor of mortality in COVID-19 pneumomediastinum at the time of diagnosis and thereafter (p<0.001) along with increasing age (p<0.01) and diabetes mellitus (p=0.08). Switching patients from continuous positive airways pressure support to oxygen or high flow nasal oxygen after the diagnosis of pneumomediastinum was not associated with difference in mortality.

CONCLUSIONS: Pneumomediastinum appears to be a marker of severe COVID-19 pneumonitis. The majority of patients in whom pneumomediastinum was identified had not been mechanically ventilated at the point of diagnosis.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

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The European respiratory journal - (2022) vom: 12. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

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Melhorn, James [VerfasserIn]
Achaiah, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Conway, Francesca M [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, Elizabeth M F [VerfasserIn]
Skyllberg, Erik W [VerfasserIn]
Durrant, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Hasan, Neda A [VerfasserIn]
Madani, Yasser [VerfasserIn]
Naran, Prasheena [VerfasserIn]
Vijayakumar, Bavithra [VerfasserIn]
Tate, Matthew J [VerfasserIn]
Trevelyan, Gareth E [VerfasserIn]
Zaki, Irfan [VerfasserIn]
Doig, Catherine A [VerfasserIn]
Lynch, Geraldine [VerfasserIn]
Warwick, Gill [VerfasserIn]
Aujayeb, Avinash [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, Karl A [VerfasserIn]
Iftikhar, Hina [VerfasserIn]
Noble, Jonathan H [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Anthony Y K C [VerfasserIn]
Nugent, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Evans, Philip J [VerfasserIn]
Hastings, Robert A [VerfasserIn]
Bellenberg, Harry R [VerfasserIn]
Lawrence, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Saville, Rachel L [VerfasserIn]
Johl, Nikolas T [VerfasserIn]
Grey, Adam N [VerfasserIn]
Ellis, Huw C [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Thomas L [VerfasserIn]
Maddekar, Nadeem [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Shahul Leyakathali [VerfasserIn]
Muhammad, Ambreen Iqbal [VerfasserIn]
Ghani, Hakim [VerfasserIn]
Myint, Yadee Maung Maung [VerfasserIn]
Rafique, Cecillia [VerfasserIn]
Pippard, Benjamin J [VerfasserIn]
Irving, Benjamin R H [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Fawad [VerfasserIn]
Asimba, Viola H [VerfasserIn]
Azam, Aqeem [VerfasserIn]
Barton, Eleanor C [VerfasserIn]
Bhatnagar, Malvika [VerfasserIn]
Blackburn, Matthew P [VerfasserIn]
Millington, Kate J [VerfasserIn]
Budhram, Nicholas J [VerfasserIn]
Bunclark, Katherine L [VerfasserIn]
Sapkal, Toshit P [VerfasserIn]
Dixon, Giles [VerfasserIn]
Harries, Andrew J E [VerfasserIn]
Ijaz, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Karunanithi, Vijayalakshmi [VerfasserIn]
Naik, Samir [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Malik Aamaz [VerfasserIn]
Savlani, Karishma [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Vimal [VerfasserIn]
Gallego, Beatriz Lara [VerfasserIn]
Mahdi, Noor A [VerfasserIn]
Morgan, Caitlin [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Neena [VerfasserIn]
Rowlands, Elen W [VerfasserIn]
Steward, Matthew S [VerfasserIn]
Thorley, Richard S [VerfasserIn]
Wollerton, Rebecca L [VerfasserIn]
Ullah, Sana [VerfasserIn]
Smith, David M [VerfasserIn]
Lason, Wojciech [VerfasserIn]
Rostron, Anthony J [VerfasserIn]
Rahman, Najib M [VerfasserIn]
Hallifax, Rob J [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 20.02.2024

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10.1183/13993003.02522-2021

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