Subcutaneous Emphysema as an Ominous Side Effect in COVID-19 Patients under Mechanical Ventilation, Report of 7 Cases

authors:

avatar Arash Mohammadi Tofigh ORCID 1 , * , avatar Seyedpouzhia Shojaei ORCID 2 , avatar javad zebarjadi bagherpour 3 , avatar Alireza Mirkhesthti ORCID 4 , avatar Hamed Tahmasebi 5

Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Assistant Professor, Fellowship of Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology Department, Anesthesiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Resident of Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology Department, Anesthesiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Journal of Cellular & Molecular Anesthesia: Vol.5, issue 3; e150182
article type: Case Report
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/jcma.v5i3.30402

how to cite: Mohammadi Tofigh A, Shojaei S, zebarjadi bagherpour J, Mirkhesthti A, Tahmasebi H. Subcutaneous Emphysema as an Ominous Side Effect in COVID-19 Patients under Mechanical Ventilation, Report of 7 Cases. J Cell Mol Anesth. 2020;5(3):e150182. https://doi.org/10.22037/jcma.v5i3.30402.

Abstract

Today, due to the pandemic of novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), extensive information over all parts of the world is spreading rapidly. We present seven cases of COVID-19 patients with pneumothorax as one of the ominous side effects of the disease and a strong predictor of death which is a new challenge in controlling the transmission and distribution of the disease.