ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Emergency surgical care for patients with COVID-19 and tuberculosis coinfection at multispecialty hospital
About authors
Moscow Research and Clinical Center for TB Control, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Mikhail N. Reshetnikov
Barbolina, 3, Moscow, 107014; ur.kb@loxat
About paper
Author contribution: Reshetnikov MN proposed the concept, collected patient data and wrote the manuscript; Plotkin DV analyzed and interpreted the obtained data, prepared the manuscript and photos for publication; Zuban ON proposed the concept and edited the manuscript; Bogorodskaya EM edited the manuscript and prepared its final version.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Moscow Research and Clinical Center for TB Control (Protocol № 10 dated December 17, 2020). Informed consent was obtained from all study participants.
Received: 2021-04-12
Accepted: 2021-05-19
Published online: 2021-05-31
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Fig. Chest CT scans. Pneumothorax dynamics. A. Date of exam: 18.11.2020. Focal infiltrates and various-sized cavities in both lungs. B. Date of exam: 20.11.2020. Right-sided pneumothorax. Ground glass opacities in left S10 (> 25% lung involvement). C. Date of exam: 22.11.2020. Scan performed after right pleural drainage; the lung is almost completely expanded. Left-sided pneumothorax; partially resolved ground glass opacities in left S10. D. Date of exam: 11.12.2020. Complete resolution of pneumothorax; partially resolved infiltrates
Table 1. Distribution of patients with TB by the severity of viral pneumonia and the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA
Table 2. Number and type of performed surgical interventions
