Open AccessSPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX IN A PATIENT WITH COVID-19
Author(s) -
Syed Turab Fatima Abidi,
Sajjad Hussain Shah,
Aziz Ullah Qadir,
Huma Hussain,
Rifat Yasmin,
Anum Afsar,
Ali Hayat,
Rabia Asghar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan armed forces medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-8842
pISSN - 0030-9648
DOI - 10.51253/pafmj.v71i2.5477
Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , pneumothorax , covid-19 , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , pandemic , disease , coronavirus , quality of life (healthcare) , pediatrics , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing
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.