Iatrogenic Barotrauma in COVID-19-Positive Patients: Is It Related to the Pneumonia Severity? Prevalence and Trends of This Complication Over Time
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Sample
2.2. Scanning Protocol
2.3. Imaging Assessment
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Prevalence of Barotrauma
3.1.1. Prevalence of Barotrauma in COVID+ vs. COVID−
3.1.2. Relation between the Prevalence of Barotrauma in COVID+ Group and Type of Mechanical Ventilation
3.2. Relation between Barotrauma and Pneumonia Severity Score in COVID+
3.3. Average Time of Onset of Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum
3.4. Trend of Barotrauma in COVID+ Group vs. COVD− Group
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Maggialetti, N.; Piemonte, S.; Sperti, E.; Inchingolo, F.; Greco, S.; Lucarelli, N.M.; De Chirico, P.; Lofino, S.; Coppola, F.; Catacchio, C.; et al. Iatrogenic Barotrauma in COVID-19-Positive Patients: Is It Related to the Pneumonia Severity? Prevalence and Trends of This Complication Over Time. Biomedicines 2022, 10, 2493. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102493
Maggialetti N, Piemonte S, Sperti E, Inchingolo F, Greco S, Lucarelli NM, De Chirico P, Lofino S, Coppola F, Catacchio C, et al. Iatrogenic Barotrauma in COVID-19-Positive Patients: Is It Related to the Pneumonia Severity? Prevalence and Trends of This Complication Over Time. Biomedicines. 2022; 10(10):2493. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102493
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaggialetti, Nicola, Stefano Piemonte, Emanuela Sperti, Francesco Inchingolo, Sabrina Greco, Nicola Maria Lucarelli, Pierluigi De Chirico, Stefano Lofino, Federica Coppola, Claudia Catacchio, and et al. 2022. "Iatrogenic Barotrauma in COVID-19-Positive Patients: Is It Related to the Pneumonia Severity? Prevalence and Trends of This Complication Over Time" Biomedicines 10, no. 10: 2493. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102493
APA StyleMaggialetti, N., Piemonte, S., Sperti, E., Inchingolo, F., Greco, S., Lucarelli, N. M., De Chirico, P., Lofino, S., Coppola, F., Catacchio, C., Gravili, A. M., Sardaro, A., & Stabile Ianora, A. A. (2022). Iatrogenic Barotrauma in COVID-19-Positive Patients: Is It Related to the Pneumonia Severity? Prevalence and Trends of This Complication Over Time. Biomedicines, 10(10), 2493. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102493