27 January 2021>: Articles
Pulmonary Barotrauma Resulting from Mechanical Ventilation in 2 Patients with a Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia
Unusual clinical course
Raphael Ezeagu A* , Titilope Olanipekun A , Ratnam Santoshi F , Chanaka Seneviratne E , Yizhak Kupfer EDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.927954
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e927954
Figure 3. Patient 2 chest X-rays. (A) Day 1 of hospital admission – Bilateral lung opacities suggestive of severe pneumonia. (B) Day 2 of hospital admission – Worsened bilateral opacities with SE and pneumomediastinum. (C) Day 6 of hospital admission – Subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax (arrows). (D) Day 9 of hospital admission – Significantly improved lung opacities, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax (arrows).