Abstract:
Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) belongs to quite frequent conditions, can occur without apparent reasons or be a complication of a wide range of diseases. Despite, it would seem a typical clinical picture and pathophysiological disorders, in practice it can often lead to diagnostic and tactical errors, sometimes fatal. The most dangerous type SP - tension SP - requires a doctor of any specialty to take immediate and adequate actions in diagnosis and providing emergency care. In the practice of any doctor who provides a care to a patient with COVID infection, situations related to appearance of gas syndrome (SP, pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema) and surgical complications due to secondary bacterial infection (pleural empyema,
purulent pneumoceles) may occur. Timely diagnosis, adequate treatment, and, sometimes,emergency care in such conditions largely determine the outcomes of treatment and have a direct impact on the mortality rate.
