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PNEUMOTHORAX- DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT [PDF]

Sanamed, 2015
Introduction: Pneumothorax is defined as the presence of air in the pleural cavity, ie, the space between the chest wall and the lung itself. Pneumothorax is classified ethiologically into spontaneous pneumothorax and traumatic pneumothorax.
Milisavljević Slobodan, Spasić Marko, Milošević Bojan   +2 more
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Characteristics and Factors Associated With Mortality in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Pneumothorax

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2022
Objective: To describe the incidence, clinical characteristics, and factors associated with mortality in patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in whom pneumothorax developed.
Salik Malik, MD, Chandani Kaushik, MD, Eric Heidelman, MD, Efstathia Polychronopoulou, PhD, Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD, Gulshan Sharma, MD, Shawn P.E. Nishi, MD   +6 more
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Pneumothorax

Zentralblatt für Chirurgie - Zeitschrift für Allgemeine, Viszeral-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, 2014
The presence of air between the visceral pleura and the parietal pleura with consecutive retraction of the lung from the chest wall is called pneumothorax. Regarding the genesis of the pneumothorax, a distinction is drawn between spontaneous and traumatic pneumothorax.
M, Swierzy, M, Helmig, M, Ismail, J, Rückert, T, Walles, J, Neudecker   +5 more
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A total pleural covering of absorbable cellulose mesh prevents pneumothorax recurrence in patients with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2018
Background Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS) is a recently recognized inherited multiple cystic lung disease causing recurrent pneumothoraces. Similarly to the lesions in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), the pulmonary cysts are innumerable and ...
Teruaki Mizobuchi, Masatoshi Kurihara, Hiroki Ebana, Sumitaka Yamanaka, Hideyuki Kataoka, Shouichi Okamoto, Etsuko Kobayashi, Toshio Kumasaka, Kuniaki Seyama   +8 more
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Retrospective analysis of pneumothorax after repair of esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background To analyze the possible causes, treatment and outcomes of postoperative pneumothorax in patients with Gross type C esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF).
Jiawei Zhao, Shen Yang, Siqi Li, Peize Wang, Yanan Zhang, Yong Zhao, Kaiyun Hua, Yichao Gu, Junmin Liao, Shuangshuang Li, Yongwei Chen, Jinshi Huang   +11 more
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Sirolimus reduces the risk of pneumothorax recurrence in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a historical prospective self-controlled study

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022
Background Spontaneous pneumothorax has a high incidence and high rate of recurrence in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). The risk factors for pneumothorax and the effects of sirolimus on pneumothorax in patients with LAM are unknown.
Chongsheng Cheng, Wenshuai Xu, Yani Wang, Tengyue Zhang, Luning Yang, Wangji Zhou, Danjing Hu, Yanli Yang, Xinlun Tian, Kai-Feng Xu   +9 more
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Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Premature Infants and Its Association with Pneumothorax [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2012
Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is one of the major causes of the cerebral palsy and mental retardation. Prevention and early management of these neurologic developmental problems will require determining the perinatal risk factors associated with this
Maryam Saki3, Forough Saki, Gholamreza Parsa, Narjes Pishva, Mohammad Reza Saki   +4 more
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Pneumothorax in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 Infection

Case Reports in Critical Care, 2021
Data on patient-related factors associated with pneumothorax among critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia is limited. Reports of spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) suggest that the COVID-19 infection ...
Raziye Ecem Akdogan, Turab Mohammed, Asma Syeda, Nasheena Jiwa, Omar Ibrahim, Rahul Mutneja   +5 more
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Large pneumothorax following thoracic and lumbar tumor surgery: Risk factors and management strategies

Frontiers in Surgery, 2023
ObjectiveLarge pneumothorax is a rare but dangerous complication following thoracic and lumbar tumor surgery. There is little discussion about the features of large pneumothorax following spinal tumor surgery. The purpose of this study was to analyze the
Yan Lou, Yunyan Zhang, Zhongzhao Wang, Chenglong Zhao, Zhenxi Li, Quan Huang, Hao Tang, Jianru Xiao   +7 more
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Videothoracoscopic surgical approach for spontaneous pneumothorax: review of the pertinent literature

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2008
Spontaneous pneumothorax is usually caused by the rupture of subpleural blebs/bullae in the underlying lung and is one of the most common elective applications of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
Sakurai Hiroyuki
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