Pulmonary Barotrauma Resulting from Mechanical Ventilation in 2 Patients with a Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia

Raphael Ezeagu; Titilope Olanipekun; Ratnam Santoshi; Chanaka Seneviratne; Yizhak Kupfer

doi:10.12659/AJCR.927954

27 January 2021 : Case report USA

Pulmonary Barotrauma Resulting from Mechanical Ventilation in 2 Patients with a Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia

Unusual clinical course

Raphael Ezeagu^1ADEF*, Titilope Olanipekun^2AEF, Ratnam Santoshi^1F, Chanaka Seneviratne^1E, Yizhak Kupfer^1E

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.927954

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e927954

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Figure 4. Patient 2 maximum ventilatory pressures from Day 1 to Day 7 on mechanical ventilation. Patient developed subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum on Day 2 and pneumothorax on day 6. PEEP – positive end-expiratory pressure; PIP – peak inspiratory pressure; Pplat – plateau pressure.

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Pulmonary Barotrauma Resulting from Mechanical Ventilation in 2 Patients with a Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia

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