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cord-285732-xew5ar1e	Eperjesiova, Bianka	Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum/Pneumothorax in Patients With COVID-19	2020-07-03		.txt	text/plain	799	58	46	No spontaneous air leak case series have been described in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patient population thus far. We described seven spontaneous air leak cases we found in our coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive 976-patient cohort. Air leak in hospitalized severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients has been sparsely published as case reports, however, the presence of non-invasive ventilation and positive airway pressure were reported prior to this finding [3] [4] . Studies of a severe acute respiratory syndrome with SARS did identify air leak as a frequent complication, often with no relation to intubation or positive pressure ventilation [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] . Of these, we found 20 cases of air leak; three traumatic/post-procedure, 10 post-intubation/mechanical ventilation, and seven spontaneous (five cases of pneumomediastinum and two isolated pneumothorax). One out of seven spontaneous air leak patients expired. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome	./cache/cord-285732-xew5ar1e.txt	./txt/cord-285732-xew5ar1e.txt