Postmortem ultrastructural lung and liver injury in a critically ill COVID-19 patient
A man in his early 60s with no relevant medical history was admitted to intensive care with severe acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia. He required immediate intubation and mechanical ventilation. Imaging showed bilateral ground-glass opacities. Laboratory tests revealed elevated
Authors
- Laura Prieto-Pérez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7706-2988)
- MARIONA CABERO PIRIS
- Ánxela Vidal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2879-8152)
Institutions
- Universidad San Pablo CEU (ES)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (ES)
- Hospital Universitario HM Madrid (ES)
- Faculty of Public Health (GB)
- Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz (ES)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2025-267289
- Primary Topic
- Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00