Case Report: COVID-19 Pneumonia Following Left Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer Complicated by Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula

Frontiers in Surgery

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Alberto Testori¹  Veronica M. Giudici²  Marco Alloisio²  Ugo Cioffi³ 

[1] Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital;Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Humanitas University;Department of Surgery, University of Milan

关键词: COVID-19 pneumonia;    pneumonectomy;    thromboembolism;    thromboprophylaxis;    bronchopleural fistula;    empyema;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fsurg.2021.679757

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: Venous and arterial thromboembolism is commonly reported in critically ill COVID-19 patients, although there are still no definitive statistical data regarding its incidence. Case presentation: we report a case of a patient who fell ill with Covid during hospitalization for a pneumonectomy complicated by empyema and bronchopleural fistula. The patient, despite being cured of COVID, died after 14 days for pulmonary thromboembolism. Conclusion: Our case strengthens the suggestion of adequate thromboprophylaxis in all hospitalized COVID patients and of increasing prophylaxis in critically ill patients even in the absence of randomized studies.

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