Department of Cardiology, Inova Health System, Heart and Vascular Institute, 3300 Gallows Rd., Falls Church, VA 22042, United States.
Department of Cardiology, Inova Health System, Heart and Vascular Institute, 3300 Gallows Rd., Falls Church, VA 22042, United States.
Heart Lung. 2021 May-Jun;50(3):437-440. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2021.01.020. Epub 2021 Jan 29.
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.
在新型冠状病毒病 19(COVID-19)背景下自发性气胸很少被描述,是一种潜在致命的并发症。我们报告了我们机构的经验。在 2020 年 2 月 21 日至 5 月期间,在 Inova 健康系统内的 5 家医院住院的确诊 COVID-19 患者被纳入本研究。我们共确定了 1619 名患者,其中 22 名(1.4%)在住院期间发生自发性气胸,无创伤性损伤的证据。