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Bronchial tuberculosis with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax: A case report

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with tuberculosis due to clinical manifestations, imaging findings and negative pleural biopsy is rare. Case report A 43-year-old young woman went to the hospital several times because of recurrent dyspnea ...
Ting Li, Yu-hong Li, Ming Zhang
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Patient safety indicators for England from hospital administrative data: case-control analysis and comparison with US data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.The Healthcare Commission ...
Bremner, SA   +3 more
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Frequency and Intensive Care Related Risk Factors of Pneumothorax in Ventilated Neonates

open access: yesPulmonary Medicine, 2014
Objectives. Relationships of mechanical ventilation to pneumothorax in neonates and care procedures in particular are rarely studied. We aimed to evaluate the relationship of selected ventilator variables and risk events to pneumothorax.
Ramesh Bhat Yellanthoor, Vidya Ramdas
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Pneumothorax ex vacuo in a Patient with Malignant Pleural Effusion After PleurX Catheter Placement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Introduction Pneumothorax ex vacuo (“without vaccuum”) is a type of pneumothorax that can develop in patients with large pleural effusions. Unlike spontaneous or tension pneumothoraces, pneumothorax ex vacuo does not require chest tube placement. Careful
Bhardwaj, MS4, Meera   +1 more
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Spontaneous Pneumothorax [PDF]

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1948
Patients with spontaneous pneumothorax, who were treated in this department during the period 1950-59, were reviewed in 1963. Since the treatment of this group of patients has changed radically towards a greater surgical activity in the form of suction drainage and thoracotomy, the patients from the next decade, comprising 229 episodes in 202 patients,
F, Abyholm, G, Storen, O, Geiran
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Detecting pneumothorax during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: The potential of defibrillator measured transthoracic impedance

open access: yesResuscitation Plus
Introduction: Pneumothorax is a potentially life-treating condition that can represents a complication of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). An increase in the total amount of air within the thorax may act as an insulator increasing transthoracic ...
Aurora Magliocca   +9 more
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Influencing factors of pneumothorax and parenchymal haemorrhage after CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy : single-institution experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Purpose: To evaluate the incidences and influencing factors of pneumothorax and parenchymal haemorrhage after computed tomography (CT)-guided transthoracic needle biopsy (TTNB). Material and methods: A retrospective analysis of 216 patients who underwent
Puntu, Warunyoo   +2 more
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Efficacy of sirolimus for the prevention of recurrent pneumothorax in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a case series

open access: yesOrphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2018
Pneumothorax is one of the most common symptoms in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). However, current management strategies for patients with LAM who present with recurrent pneumothorax remain inadequate.
Li Zhou   +7 more
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ChestX-ray8: Hospital-scale Chest X-ray Database and Benchmarks on Weakly-Supervised Classification and Localization of Common Thorax Diseases

open access: yes, 2017
The chest X-ray is one of the most commonly accessible radiological examinations for screening and diagnosis of many lung diseases. A tremendous number of X-ray imaging studies accompanied by radiological reports are accumulated and stored in many modern
Bagheri, Mohammadhadi   +5 more
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A Hidden Complication of Pigtail Catheter Insertion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Pigtail catheters have emerged as an effective and less morbid alternative to traditional chest tubes for evacuation of pleural air. Rare complications in the literature have been reported.
Brandao Neto, Rodrigo A.   +3 more
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