SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX IN A PATIENT WITH COVID-19

Authors

  • Syed Turab Fatima Abidi POF Hospital Wah Cantt Pakistan
  • Syed Asim Ali Shah POF Hospital Wah Cantt Pakistan
  • Aziz Ullah Qadir POF Hospital Wah Cantt Pakistan
  • Huma Hussain POF Hospital Wah Cantt Pakistan
  • Rifat Yasmin POF Hospital Wah Cantt Pakistan
  • Anum Afsar POF Hospital Wah Cantt Pakistan
  • Ali Raza Hayat POF Hospital Wah Cantt Pakistan
  • Rabia Asghar POF Hospital Wah Cantt Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v71i2.5477

Keywords:

COVID-19, Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) frequently involves the respiratory system causing pneumonia. The disease started in December 2019 and is now a global pandemic. The disease is not limited to the respiratory system and cardiac, cutaneous, and neurological involvement has been reported. Psychiatric features of agitation and delirium have also been described in COVID-19. It is yet to be determined whether this will have any long term effect on the quality of life of these patients. We report a case of delirium in a COVID-19 patient who had also developed spontaneous pneumothorax on the day 15 of illness. Few of such case reports have been reported internationally but to the best of authors' knowledge, no such case has been reported in Pakistan.

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Author Biographies

  • Aziz Ullah Qadir, POF Hospital Wah Cantt Pakistan

    Assitant Professor, Department of Medicine

  • Huma Hussain, POF Hospital Wah Cantt Pakistan

    Assitant Professor, Department of Medicine

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Published

30-04-2021

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Section

Case Reports

How to Cite

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Abidi STF, Shah SAA, Qadir AU, Hussain H, Yasmin R, Afsar A, et al. SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX IN A PATIENT WITH COVID-19. Pak Armed Forces Med J [Internet]. 2021 Apr. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];71(2):716-18. Available from: https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/5477