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From: Barotrauma and its complications in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective study at tertiary care hospital of Eastern India

Fig. 2

A 56-year-old male was brought to our hospital with worsening shortness of breath. The patient was moved to the critical care unit after failing to maintain a SpO2 of over 87 percent on the fourth day of hospitalisation (ICU). Within 3 days of intubation, axial CT thorax sections indicated severe barotrauma in the form of pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and subcutaneous emphysema (A, B and C). Subcutaneous emphysema had also spread to the neck and face (D)

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