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COVID-19: A Possible Cause of Spontaneous Pneumoperitoneum Cover

COVID-19: A Possible Cause of Spontaneous Pneumoperitoneum

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 9 (2023): Issue 3 (July 2023)
By: ,  ,   and    
Open Access
|Jul 2023
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Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Tangencial X-ray of abdominal showing free gas in abdominal cavity.

Fig. 2.

Thoraco-abdominal CT showing SE and moderate pneumomediastinum (axial - A, coronal - C) and a large pneumoperitoneum (axial - B, sagital - D).

Fig. 3.

Emergency percutaneous needle decompression. The catheter was connected to an underwater seal drainage system.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2023-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
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Language: English
Page range: 192 - 197
Submitted on: Dec 27, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 10, 2023
Published on: Jul 31, 2023
Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
COVID-19,
pneumomediastinum,
pneumoperitoneum,
subcutaneous emphysema,
Macklin effect
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Surgery,
Surgery, other,
Anaesthesiology,
Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine

© 2023 Patrícia Varela Ramos, Ana Maria Oliveira, Ângela Simas, Margarida Rocha Vera Cruz, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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