“…The aforesaid observations may confound the role that COVID-19 plays in the development of SPM. Patient 1 represents one of the few cases in the published literature of SPM diagnosed on presentation at the emergency department, at the beginning of oxygen support therapy [ 7 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ]. These cases are of great importance because they suggest that there must be an inherent component in the COVID-19 infection that predisposes to air leaks, which can precipitate with anything that increases the alveolar pressure [24] .…”