COVID-19 and Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum: A Case Series

COVID-19 is an ever-evolving disease that the medical community continues to learn more about daily. It is important to highlight important clinical courses that are not common so that adverse events can be better predicted and treated appropriately. In a retrospective study done in a hospital out of Wuhan, China in February 2020 showed that out of its 99 patients, only one patient had pneumothorax.1 Later, in March 2020, a literature review published in the American Journal of Roentgenology of more than 900 patients described the incidence of pneumothorax as uncommon or rare.
Source: Heart and Lung - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Source Type: research