Title : Pneumomediastinum and Diffuse Subcutaneous Emphysema
with SARS-CoV-2 Infection Requiring Operative Management for Impending
Airway Collapse: A Case Report
Authors : Kevin P. Lin BS1, Christopher
Stefaniak BS2, Connor M. Bunch BS1,
Robert March MD3, Mahmud Zamlut MD4,
Syed Raza MD4, Walter Osorio BSN4,
Josh Korzan BS4, Jeffery Show MD5,
Nicolas Mjaess5, Shivani Patel5,
Sufyan Zackariya5, Ali Sualeh5,
Grant Wiarda5, Hamid Al-Fadhl5,
Anthony V. Thomas BS1, Rashid Z. Khan
MD6, Laura Gillespie PharmD7, Mark
M. Walsh* MD1,5
Affiliations :
1Indiana University School of Medicine South Bend
Campus, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
2Department of Medical Affairs, St. Joseph Regional
Medical Center, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
3Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Joseph
Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
4Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St. Joseph
Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
5Departments of Emergency Medicine and Internal
Medicine, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
6Department of Hematology, Michiana Hematology
Oncology, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
7Department of Quality Assurance and Performance
Improvement, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
*Corresponding Author : Mark M. Walsh MD, Departments of
Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Regional Medical
Center, 5215 Holy Cross Parkway, Mishawaka, Indiana 46545 (e-mail:
markwalshmd@gmail.com).