Author/Authors :
moradi, mahnaz qazvin university of medical sciences - school of nursing and midwifery - department of critical care nursing, qazvin, iran , yekefallah, leili qazvin university of medical sciences - school of nursing and midwifery - department of critical care nursing, qazvin, iran , yekefallah, leili qazvin university of medical sciences - metabolic diseases research center, research institute for prevention of non-communicable diseases, qazvin, iran , sedighi, mahyar qazvin university of medical sciences - metabolic diseases research center, research institute for prevention of non-communicable diseases, qazvin, iran , ghapanvari, fateme qazvin university of medical sciences - school of nursing and midwifery - department of critical care nursing, qazvin, iran , namdar, peyman qazvin university of medical sciences - metabolic diseases research center, research institute for prevention of non-communicable diseases, qazvin, iran , namdar, peyman qazvin university of medical sciences - school of medicine - department of emergency medicine, qazvin, iran
Abstract :
coronavirus disease 2019 (covid19) is a severe respiratory disease initiated on december 2019. genome sequence analysis shows that the pathogen is a complex beta coronavirus rna, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus2 (sarscov2). spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax are rare clinical and radiological conditions associated with covid19. this study is case report of pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema in two patients with covid19, while investigating the clinical and paraclinical symptoms and the treatment process of two cases. finding factors related to the severity of covid19 for improving the final outcome in patients is very important.
Keywords :
coronavirus disease 2019 , spontaneous pneumomediastinum , subcutaneous emphysema , pneumothorax
