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Our objectives were to characterize the management of pediatric spontaneous pneumomediastinum, determine the diagnostic yield of advanced imaging, and describe the patients' outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This is a retrospective cohort study of all patients presenting to a single tertiary pediatric emergency department between January 2008 and February 2015 diagnosed with pneumomediastinum. Patients were identified using 2 complementary strategies: <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision<\/jats:italic> billing codes and a keyword search of the hospital radiology database.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We identified 183 patients with spontaneous pneumomediastinum. The mean age was 12.8 \u00b1 4.8 years. Diagnosis was established by chest radiograph (CXR) in 165 (90%) patients, chest computed tomography in 15 (8%), neck imaging in 2 (1%), and abdominal imaging in 1. After diagnosis, many patients underwent additional studies: repeat CXR (99, 54%), chest computed tomography (53, 29%), esophagram (45, 25%), and laryngoscopy (15, 8%). Seventy-eight percent of patients (n = 142) were admitted with a median length of stay of 27 hours (18.4\u201345.6 hours). Six patients returned to the emergency department within 96 hours for persistent chest pain; 2 were admitted, and 1 was found to have worsening pneumomediastinum on CXR. We performed a secondary analysis on 3 key subgroups: primary spontaneous pneumomediastinum (64, 35%), secondary gastrointestinal-associated pneumomediastinum (31, 17%), and secondary respiratory-associated pneumomediastinum (88, 48%). No patients in the study received an invasive intervention for pneumomediastinum. 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