PNEUMOTHORAX- DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
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.
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A Direct D-Bar Method for Partial Boundary Data Electrical Impedance Tomography With a Priori Information [PDF]
, 2017 Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive imaging modality that uses surface electrical measurements to determine the internal conductivity of a body.
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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
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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 ...
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Video assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of pneumothorax and lung resections: systematic review of randomised clinical trials [PDF]
, 2004 <b>Objectives</b> To determine if video assisted thoracic surgery is associated with better clinical outcomes than thoracotomy for three common procedures: surgery for pneumothorax, minor resections, and lobectomy.
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Incorporating a Spatial Prior into Nonlinear D-Bar EIT imaging for Complex Admittivities [PDF]
, 2016 Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) aims to recover the internal conductivity and permittivity distributions of a body from electrical measurements taken on electrodes on the surface of the body.
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Incidental radiological finding of a renal tumour leading to the diagnosis of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome [PDF]
, 2011 Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant condition characterised by benign tumours of the hair follicle, renal cancer, pulmonary cysts and spontaneous pneumothorax.
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Endometriosis: An Unusual Cause of Bilateral Pneumothoraces [PDF]
, 2020 A 27-year-old female presented to the emergency department with sudden onset shortness of breath. A diagnosis of bilateral catamenial pneumothoraces was made following chest radiograph. Catamenial pneumothorax is a recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax that
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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
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Neonatal Pneumothorax in Late Preterm and Full-Term Newborns with respiratory Distress: A Single-Center Experience [PDF]
Neonatal Medicine, 2022 Purpose To evaluate the incidence rate, clinical characteristics, and perinatal outcomes of pneumothorax in late preterm and full-term newborns with respiratory distress and analyze the risk factors associated with pneumothorax.
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