Author/Authors :
Capaccione, Kathleen M. Department of Radiology - Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York, USA , D’souza, Belinda Department of Radiology - Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York, USA , Leb, Jay Department of Radiology - Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York, USA , Luk, Lyndon Department of Radiology - Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York, USA , Duong, Jimmy Department of Statistics - Mailman School of Public Health - Columbia University - New York, USA , Navot, Ben Department of Radiology - Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York, USA , Dumeer, Shifali Department of Radiology - Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York, USA , Mohammed, Ahmed Department of Medicine - The Mount Sinai Hospital - New York, USA , Salvatore, Mary M Department of Radiology - Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York, USA
Abstract :
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a major public health crisis. Initial
presentation includes headache, fever, cough, and myalgia however many patients develop
severe systemic illness requiring critical care [1]. Patients with COVID-19 have a high incidence of pulmonary barotrauma (PBT) [2]. We investigated the rate of pneumothorax in critically ill intubated patients with COVID-19 infection
