Characteristics and Factors Associated With Mortality in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Pneumothorax.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the incidence, clinical characteristics, and factors associated with mortality in patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in whom pneumothorax developed.

Patients and methods

This study was a retrospective analysis conducted using a large administrative database of adult patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in the United States from February 1, 2020, to June 10, 2021. We characterized the clinical features of patients in whom pneumothorax developed and the factors associated with mortality and stratified pneumothorax by the timing of the initiation of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and by the time of hospital admission (early versus late).

Results

A total of 811,065 adult patients had a positive test result for severe a

SUBMITTER: Malik S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9040460 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature