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

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?

Patrick M Honore  1 , Sebastien Redant  2 , Thierry Preseau  3 , Keitiane Kaefer  2 , Leonel Barreto Gutierrez  2 , Rachid Attou  2 , Andrea Gallerani  2 , David De Bels  2
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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?

Patrick M Honore et al. Chest. 2021 Jul.
No abstract available

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    Miró Ò, González Del Castillo J. Miró Ò, et al. Chest. 2021 Jul;160(1):e89. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.02.060. Chest. 2021. PMID: 34246400 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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