Surgical Resections of Superinfected Pneumatoceles in a COVID-19 Patient.

Emerging studies on radiologic findings in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) report a high incidence of bilateral lung involvement, with ground-glass opacities imaging being the most common pattern on computed tomography. Cystic lesions, such as pneumatoceles, are rare, although they may occur in 10% of cases. Cyst formation may be explained by a focal pulmonary trauma caused by mechanical ventilation or infection-related damage to the alveolar walls leading to pneumatoceles.

Medical emergency team and non-invasive ventilation outside ICU for acute respiratory failure.

Objective: To report data about "real-life" treatments with non-invasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure (ARF), managed outside intensive care units by anaesthesiologists acting as a medical emergency team.

Design: Observational study; prospectively collected data over a 6-month period in a single centre.

Setting: Non-intensive wards in a University Hospital with 1,100 beds.