COVID-19-associated lung weakness (CALW): Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess mortality and different clinical factors derived from the development of atraumatic pneumothorax (PNX) and/or pneumomediastinum (PNMD) in critically ill patients as a consequence of COVID-19-associated lung weakness (CALW).

Design

Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Setting

Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Participants

Original research evaluating patients, with or without the need for protective invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), with a diagnosis of COVID-19, who developed atraumatic PNX or PNMD on admission or during hospital stay.

Interventions

Data of interest were obtained from each article and analyzed and assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. The risk of the variables of interest was assessed with data derived from studies i

SUBMITTER: Redruello-Guerrero P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10251196 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature