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COVID-19 pneumonia in kyphoscoliosis: The success stories

Author(s) -

Mohd Mustahsin,

Sanjay Choubey,

Garima Singh,

Madhulika Dubey,

Sachin Khanduri,

Rachit Sharma,

Amit Srivastava

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

monaldi archives for chest disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 2465-101X

pISSN - 1122-0643

DOI - 10.4081/monaldi.2021.1844

Subject(s) - kyphoscoliosis , medicine , pneumonia , covid-19 , pandemic , intensive care medicine , abnormality , comorbidity , pediatrics , disease , surgery , scoliosis , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychiatry

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to millions of deaths worldwide. Old age, immunocompromised state and multiple comorbidities are described as risk factors. Kyphoscoliosis (KS) is the most common spine abnormality and a risk factor of respiratory failure. Management of pneumonia in a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis is challenging to the intensivist. We report successful management of two patients with severe kyphoscoliosis who developed severe COVID-19 pneumonia.

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