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. 2021 Oct:187:106552.
doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2021.106552. Epub 2021 Jul 30.

Pneumothorax and barotrauma in invasively ventilated patients with COVID-19

Alessandro Belletti  1 , Giovanni Landoni  2 , Alberto Zangrillo  3
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Pneumothorax and barotrauma in invasively ventilated patients with COVID-19

Alessandro Belletti et al. Respir Med. 2021 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Barotrauma; Coronavirus disease 2019; Macklin effect; Mechanical ventilation; Pneumomediastinum; Pneumothorax.

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Forest plot for pneumothorax development in invasively ventilated COVID-19 patients.
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Forest plot for barotrauma development in invasively ventilated COVID-19 patients.
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Forest plot for longest follow-up mortality in invasively ventilated COVID-19 patients who developed barotrauma.
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Fig. 4
Forest plot for longest follow-up mortality in invasively ventilated COVID-19 patients who did not developed barotrauma.
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