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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  6, Issue 4, October- December 2020, Pages 279-282
 

Case Report

Sequele of Events in Covid 19 Patients

Pallavi Verma1, Kishalay Datta2, Anita Rawat3, Ashar Khan4

1,4MEM Resident, 2Associate Director and HOD, 3Consultant Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi 110088, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.6420.11

Abstract

The Coronavirus Pandemic began in China in December 2019. In a short time, this pandemic spread globally. This virus has been called the 2019 new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by the World Health Organization. The characteristic features/symptoms of Covid-19 are fever, cough, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, myalgia, sore throat, loss of smell and taste, diarrhoea, chest pain other possible symptoms. The characteristics features on Chest xray/CT chest are subpleural localized ground glass opacities and numerous irregular areas of consolidation in both lungs and especially in the lower lobes. Pneumothorax and Subcutaneous emphysemaremains a relatively rare sequelae indicating a rate of 1%. In this case report, we aim to present a case of Covid-19 positive patient with cough, high fever and breathlessness who later developed pneumothorax in the left hemithorax and subcutaneous emphysema. It should be kept in mind that in patients with Covid-19 pneumonia, pneumothorax secondary to lungparenchymal damage may occur. Mortality rates can be reduced in patients with early diagnosis and treatment.
Keywords: Covid 19 Patients; Sequele of Events in 2019.


Corresponding Author : Kishalay Datta