Abstract

BARRAIL HELLMAN, Albert Rafael  and  GONZALEZ DUARTE, Eva Azucena. Mediastinal emphysema as a complication of asthmatic crisis in a young patient with COVID-19. Rev. Nac. (Itauguá) [online]. 2022, vol.14, n.2, pp.83-87. ISSN 2072-8174.  https://doi.org/10.18004/rdn2022.dic.02.083.087.

COVID-19 is a virus that caused the current pandemic. Its airborne transmission and tropism for the respiratory system make people with lung-based pathologies more susceptible. In this case, it not only produced an exacerbation of bronchial asthma, but also pneumomediastinum, a rare complication of asthma.

Keywords : Mediastinal emphysema; status asthmaticus; asthma; coronavirus infections.

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