TY - JOUR AU - Mustahsin, Mohd AU - Choubey, Sanjay AU - Singh, Garima AU - Dubey, Madhulika AU - Khanduri, Sachin AU - Sharma, Rachit AU - Srivastava, Amit PY - 2021/09/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - COVID-19 pneumonia in kyphoscoliosis: The success stories JF - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease JA - Monaldi Arch Chest Dis VL - 92 IS - 1 SE - Pneumology - Case Reports DO - 10.4081/monaldi.2021.1844 UR - https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/1844 SP - AB - <p>Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to millions of deaths worldwide. Old age, immunocompromised state and multiple comorbidities are described as risk factors. Kyphoscoliosis (KS) is the most common spine abnormality and a risk factor of respiratory failure. Management of pneumonia in a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis is challenging to the intensivist. We report successful management of two patients with severe kyphoscoliosis who developed severe COVID-19 pneumonia.</p> ER -