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Crosby James, Karim Amidou Abdul, Barisere Bodo, Abdelmohaymin Abdalla, Ana C. Zamora, James Abraham, Subramanya Shyam Ganti. A Case Series of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum With/Without Pneumothorax in COVID-19Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports 2023; 11 doi: 10.1177/23247096231176216
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Dilek ERGÜN, Recai ERGÜN, Nurettin ATALAY, Fikret KANAT, Baykal TÜLEK. Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19 patient: A Case ReportJournal of Contemporary Medicine 2022; 12(1) doi: 10.16899/jcm.978752
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Justin-James Chua, Deborah Lee, Amita Buddhdev. Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum as the Result of Marijuana UseAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases 2024; 3(5) doi: 10.7326/aimcc.2023.1275
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Vefa Çakmak, Müşerref Bade Kurnaz, Tuğçe Dönmez, Gülay Güngör, Pınar Çakmak, Duygu Herek. Evaluation of tracheobronchial angles on computed tomography in patients with pneumomediastinumPamukkale Medical Journal 2026; 19(2) doi: 10.31362/patd.1841396
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Pablo Redruello-Guerrero, Marta Ruiz-del-Pino, Carmen Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Paula Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Ana Carrascos-Cáliz, Alejandro Romero-Linares, Antonio Jesús Láinez Ramos-Bossini, Mario Rivera-Izquierdo, Antonio Cárdenas-Cruz. Debilidad pulmonar asociada a COVID-19 (DPAC): revisión sistemática y metaanálisisMedicina Intensiva 2023; 47(10) doi: 10.1016/j.medin.2023.04.010
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Bahattin ÖZKUL, Furkan Ertürk URFALI, Kıyasettin ASİL. Quantitative Evaluation of Lung Parenchyma Changes after Treatment in COVID-19 Pneumonia with Volumetric Study in Computed TomographyClinical and Experimental Health Sciences 2022; 12(2) doi: 10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1136688
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Praveen Kumar Tirlangi, Mahima Khandige, Anjely Sebastian, Muralidhar Varma, Nitin Gupta. Macklin effect in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumoniaQJM: An International Journal of Medicine 2026;  doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcag086
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Thais Mauad, Felipe B. P. do Nascimento, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Milena C. M. Picka, Paulo H. N. Saldiva. Pulmonary interstitial emphysema in fatal asthma: case report and histopathological reviewBMC Pulmonary Medicine 2018; 18(1) doi: 10.1186/s12890-018-0615-7
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Colby Elder, Sheina Bawa, Douglas Anderson, Stephen Atkinson, Joshua Etzel, Troy Moritz. Expectant management of pneumothorax in intubated COVID-19 positive patients: a case seriesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2020; 15(1) doi: 10.1186/s13019-020-01297-7
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Brandon Ho, Dewesh Agrawal. These Hips Don’t Lie: Deep Vein Thrombosis in an Adolescent With an Inferior Vena Cava AnomalyPediatric Emergency Care 2025; 41(7) doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003375
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Alessandro Belletti, Jacopo D’Andria Ursoleo, Enrica Piazza, Edoardo Mongardini, Gianluca Paternoster, Fabio Guarracino, Diego Palumbo, Giacomo Monti, Marilena Marmiere, Maria Grazia Calabrò, Giovanni Landoni, Alberto Zangrillo. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for prevention of barotrauma in patients with respiratory failure: A scoping reviewArtificial Organs 2025; 49(2) doi: 10.1111/aor.14864
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Parth Adrejiya, Mohammad Abubaker, Abdelrahman Qamar, Swathi Gorle, Ashok Kanugula. Imaging the Invisible: The Macklin Effect in Cannabinoid Hyperemesis SyndromeAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases 2025; 4(9) doi: 10.7326/aimcc.2025.0598
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Jacob Weaver, Rachel Cox, Eric Karr. Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum Presenting as DysphoniaCureus 2025;  doi: 10.7759/cureus.100250
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James Melhorn, Helen E. Davies. The Management of Subcutaneous Emphysema in Pneumothorax: A Literature ReviewCurrent Pulmonology Reports 2021; 10(2) doi: 10.1007/s13665-021-00272-4
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Nadia Romdhane, Dorra Chiboub, Ameni Amri, Asma Ayedi, Emna Rejeb, Imen Zoghlami, Safa Nefzaoui, Ines Hariga, Chiraz Mbarek. Laryngotracheal trauma-induced Macklin effect: A case reportSAGE Open Medical Case Reports 2024; 12 doi: 10.1177/2050313X241263711
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CL Faro, SR Čačala, C Buckland, P Milligan, GV Oosthuizen. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in two young womenSouth African Journal of Surgery 2022; 60(4) doi: 10.17159/2078-5151/SAJS3640
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Weidong Zhang, Jingfang Chen, Xiaoming Wu, Luyu Chen, Jinxing Wei, Mingqiang Xue, Qingzheng Liang. <p>Analysing the Clinical Features of Pneumomediastinum Associated with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in 79 Cases</p>Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy 2020;  doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S230799
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M.E. Navarro-Aguilar, J. Navarro-Calzada, I. Torres-Courchoud, M.J. Iguzquiza-Pellejero, A. Cantín-Golet. Neumomediastino, cuando la crisis asmática no mejoraMedicina de Familia. SEMERGEN 2018; 44(3) doi: 10.1016/j.semerg.2017.05.002
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Nazia Nazir, Anupriya Saxena. Isolated pneumomediastinum in severe category COVID-19 patients admitted in ICU: a case seriesAin-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology 2022; 14(1) doi: 10.1186/s42077-022-00235-0
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Luis Gorospe, Ana Ayala-Carbonero, Almudena Ureña-Vacas, Sara Fra Fernández, Gemma María Muñoz-Molina, Paola Arrieta, Carlos Almonacid-Sánchez, Alejandro Ramos-Sánchez, Eta Filigheddu, Manuel Pérez-Fernández. Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in Patients With COVID-19: A Case Series of Four PatientsArchivos de Bronconeumología (English Edition) 2020; 56(11) doi: 10.1016/j.arbr.2020.06.004
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Viktor Oshovskyy, Yevheniia Poliakova. A rare case of spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema in the II stage of labourInternational Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2020; 70(C) doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.04.011
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Ashani Ratnayake, Buddhika Dassanayake, Prabhashini Kumarihamy, Ayeshani Rajapaksha, Nirmitha Morel. Massive isolated pneumomediastinum in a ventilated patient with COVID-19 pneumonia managed with the insertion of a novel mediastinal drainSage Open Medical Case Reports 2025; 13 doi: 10.1177/2050313X251329773
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Valerie Maccarrone, Connie Liou, Belinda D'souza, Mary M. Salvatore, Jay Leb, Alessandro Belletti, Diego Palumbo, Giovanni Landoni, Kathleen M. Capaccione. The Macklin effect closely correlates with pneumomediastinum in acutely ill intubated patients with COVID-19 infectionClinical Imaging 2023; 97 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2023.03.003
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Christiane Weissenbacher-Lang, Andrea Fuchs-Baumgartinger, Andrea Klang, Sibylle Kneissl, Armin Pirker, Sarina Shibly, Stephanie von Ritgen, Herbert Weissenböck, Frank Künzel. Pneumocystis carinii infection with severe pneumomediastinum and lymph node involvement in a Whippet mixed-breed dogJournal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 2017; 29(5) doi: 10.1177/1040638717710237
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Tatsuhiro Amano, Atsuo Maeda, Hikaru Kawakita, Tomoko Yashima, Go Haraguchi, Masahito Uchino. Subtle radiographic findings of pneumomediastinum triggered by singingOxford Medical Case Reports 2026; 2026(7) doi: 10.1093/omcr/omag135
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Anushri Dixit, Mohammed Uvaise, Anna Canet-Tarres, Jon Lillie. Spontaneous Massive Pneumomediastinum in a Previously Well Infant With COVID-19Pediatrics 2021; 148(6) doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-051904
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Catherine A. Gao, Chiagozie I. Pickens, Luisa Morales-Nebreda, Richard G. Wunderink. Clinical Features of COVID-19 and Differentiation from Other Causes of CAPSeminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2023; 44(01) doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1759889
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Ronan Finn, Charlie Sheil, John Morris, Michael S. Molloy. Spontaneous prevertebral emphysema following weight training in a 21-year-old femaleEmergency Radiology 2022; 29(6) doi: 10.1007/s10140-022-02091-9
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Seungwon Lee, Ji Won Choi, In Sun Chung, Tae Jun Kim, Woo Seog Sim, Seojin Park, Hyun Joo Ahn. Comparison of high-flow nasal cannula and conventional nasal cannula during deep sedation for endoscopic submucosal dissection: a randomized controlled trialJournal of Anesthesia 2024; 38(5) doi: 10.1007/s00540-024-03352-2
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Edilsa Carolina Rodríguez Vargas, Xiomara Pamela Cuadros Ramírez, Erika Daniela Delgadillo Cañón. Neumomediastino como complicación de enfermedad pulmonar intersticial en dermatomiositisRevista Repertorio de Medicina y Cirugía 2026; 35(2) doi: 10.31260/RepertMedCir.01217372.1480
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Geoffrey Jacqmin, Manuel Pirotte, Carlo Caravaggio, Philippe Devaux. Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum: A Possible Severe Condition in SARS-CoV-2 PneumoniaThe Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports 2021; 10(01) doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1735478
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Ramazan Sivil, Fatih Selvi, Cihan Bedel, Mustafa Korkut. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in COVID‐19 patients: two casesThe Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2022; 16(1) doi: 10.1186/s43168-022-00144-8
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Aaron Kangas-Dick, Victor Gazivoda, Mudathir Ibrahim, Arony Sun, Jason P. Shaw, Igor Brichkov, Ory Wiesel. Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Pneumomediastinum in Patients with COVID-19 PneumoniaJournal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques 2021; 31(3) doi: 10.1089/lap.2020.0692
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Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Tomohisa Baba, Tsuneyuki Oda, Akimasa Sekine, Takashi Niwa, Sho Yamada, Shota Kaburaki, Ryo Nagasawa, Koji Okudela, Tamiko Takemura, Tae Iwasawa, Masamichi Mineshita, Takashi Ogura. Bilateral Pneumothorax after a Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy for Interstitial Lung DiseaseInternal Medicine 2024; 63(6) doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2149-23
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Ramon Vidrio Duarte, Eduardo Vidrio Duarte, Juan Gutierrez Ochoa, Maria Camila Gaviria Leiva, Joaquin A Pimentel-Hayashi. Pneumoperitoneum in a COVID-19 Patient Due to the Macklin EffectCureus 2021;  doi: 10.7759/cureus.13200
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Thomas Bond, Karan Kanani, Mili Pansuria, Kehinde Sunmboye. Pneumomediastinum and Pneumopericardium in Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease Secondary to Anti‐MDA5 DermatomyositisClinical Case Reports 2025; 13(10) doi: 10.1002/ccr3.71304
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Gianluca Paternoster, Gianfranco Belmonte, Enrico Scarano, Pietro Rotondo, Diego Palumbo, Alessandro Belletti, Francesco Corradi, Pietro Bertini, Giovanni Landoni, Fabio Guarracino, Alessandro Isirdi, Diego Costanzo, Matteo Romani, Luigi De Simone, Roberto Mozzo, Alessia Palmaccio, Giorgia Guazzarotti, Renato Pennella, Francesca Calabrese. Macklin effect on baseline chest CT scan accurately predicts barotrauma in COVID-19 patientsRespiratory Medicine 2022; 197 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106853
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Martín Adrián Bolívar-Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Martínez-Nava, Adrián Pamanes-Lozano, Marcel Antonio Cázarez-Aguilar, Víctor Elier Quiroga-Arias, Andrea Bolívar-Corona. Barotrauma y ventilación mecánica en pacientes críticos COVID-19NCT Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax 2021; 80(1) doi: 10.35366/99457
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Gianluca Paternoster, Pietro Bertini, Alessandro Belletti, Giovanni Landoni, Serena Gallotta, Diego Palumbo, Alessandro Isirdi, Fabio Guarracino. Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Awake Non-Intubated Patients With COVID-19 ARDS at High Risk for BarotraumaJournal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2022; 36(8) doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.03.011
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Ezhilkugan Ganessane, Anandhi Devendiran, Swetha Ramesh, Amaravathi Uthayakumar, Vinodha Chandrasekar, Anuusha Subathra Sadasivam, Balamurugan Nathan, Manu Ayyan. Pneumomediastinum in COVID‐19 disease: Clinical review with emphasis on emergency managementJACEP Open 2023; 4(2) doi: 10.1002/emp2.12935
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