Pneumothorax in otherwise healthy non-intubated patients suffering from COVID-19 pneumonia: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cases of spontaneous pneumothorax have been described in patients suffering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. The aim of this study is to systematically review all the cases of spontaneous pneumothorax that occurred in healthy patients with no underlying lung disease and who did not receive invasive mechanical ventilation.

Methods

A PubMed research was conducted. The following data were collected: age, sex, side of the pneumothorax, smoking habit, time form onset of symptoms to the diagnosis of pneumothorax, the development of new bullous lesions on computed tomography and the type of treatment. In order to analyze the most homogeneous population possible, intubated patients were deliberately excluded. In total, 44 cases of spontaneous pneumothor

SUBMITTER: Agrafiotis AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339789 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature