Spontaneous Pneumothorax (SP) in COVID-19 Is Associated With Worse Outcomes Than SP in Non-COVID-19 Patients, Which Suggests That SP in COVID-19 is a Sign of Disease Severity: Is This Finding a Pure Association or Is There Really a Strong Relationship Between the Two?

Chest. 2021 Jul;160(1):e88-e89. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.02.057.

Authors

Patrick M Honore¹, Sebastien Redant², Thierry Preseau³, Keitiane Kaefer², Leonel Barreto Gutierrez², Rachid Attou², Andrea Gallerani², David De Bels²

Affiliations

¹ ICU, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Patrick.Honore@CHU-Brugmann.be.
² ICU, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium.
³ ED, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium.

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Publication types

Letter
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MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Pneumothorax* / diagnostic imaging
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Severity of Illness Index