A 47-year old male presented to the emergency department with a pneumomediastinum following a small penetrating wound to the neck.
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'Patera syndrome' during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canary Islands (Spain).
PLoS One
October 2024
Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
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- - The study examines the health and demographic characteristics of migrants who arrived in the Canary Islands via small boats from 2020 to 2022, highlighting significant health issues due to their journey.
- - Of the 193 patients, many suffered from acute patera syndrome (APS) and skin and soft tissue or musculoskeletal patera syndrome (SSTMSPS), with dehydration being the most common issue; most patients were young males from West Africa.
- - Findings indicate that timely identification of patera syndrome can lead to better treatment outcomes, emphasizing the importance of understanding the specific health challenges faced by these migrants.
Barotrauma during Noninvasive Respiratory Support in COVID-19 Pneumonia Outside ICU: The Ancillary COVIMIX-2 Study.
J Clin Med
May 2023
Pulmonology Unit, Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Health Integrated Agency of Friuli Venezia Giulia, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Background: Noninvasive respiratory support (NIRS) has been extensively used during the COVID-19 surge for patients with acute respiratory failure. However, little data are available about barotrauma during NIRS in patients treated outside the intensive care unit (ICU) setting.
Methods: COVIMIX-2 was an ancillary analysis of the previous COVIMIX study, a large multicenter observational work investigating the frequencies of barotrauma (i.
Closure of Tracheocutaneous Fistulae in Patients With Challenged Wound Healing.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol
December 2023
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Objective: To describe and evaluate the surgical outcomes of multilayered closure of persistent tracheocutaneous fistulae (TCF) in patients with challenged wound healing.
Methods: A retrospective chart review of all patients who underwent closure of TCF by the senior author between October 2011 and December 2021 was performed. Age, body mass index (BMI), time between decannulation and TCF repair, medical comorbidities, procedure duration, length of hospitalization, and postoperative complications were recorded.
[Tracheobronchial Injury].
Kyobu Geka
September 2022
Department of Respiratory Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
Tracheobronchial injurie( TBI) is rare but potentially life threatening. Blunt trauma of the chest and post-intubation injury are the most common cause of TBI. Clinical findings of TBI are subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and pneumothorax.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema of the face: the hazard of holding a sneeze].
Rev Med Liege
September 2022
Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Liège, Belgique.
In this period of pandemic, protective measures and social distancing, sneezing might not be well received and trying to suppress a sneeze is tempting. It's not always a good idea. We here report the case of a patient suffering from minor facial trauma.
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