Pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes.

Aleksandra Murawska BaptistaJorge Enrique SinclairTrisha SinghAnanya VasudharJacob GuzzinoWaheed KhaliliAysun TekinVikas BansalRahul KashyapWilliam J JoycePatricia A LewisDevang SanghaviTatjana GavrancicPablo Moreno Franco

Published in: Expert review of respiratory medicine (2023)

Although the occurrence of PTX/PNM/SCE in hospitalized COVID-19 patients was rare, it was associated with worse outcomes. Corticosteroids may contribute to the pathogenesis of these complications; however, further studies are needed to investigate this relationship in more detail.

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