Spontaneous pneumothorax: An emerging complication of COVID-19 pneumonia.

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Inova Health System, Critical Care Medicine, 3300 Gallows Rd., Falls Church, VA 22042, United States.

Published: April 2021

Spontaneous Pneumothorax in the setting of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has been rarely described and is a potentially lethal complication. We report our institutional experience. Patients with confirmed COVID-19 who were admitted at 5 hospitals within the Inova health system between February 21 and May 2020 were included in the study. We identified 1619 patients, 22 patients (1.4%) developed spontaneous pneumothorax during their hospitalization without evidence of traumatic injury.

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