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Current management of spontaneous pneumothorax

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2005
Spontaneous pneumothorax is divided into primary, when there is no underlying lung disease, and secondary, mainly caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A variety of different non-invasive and invasive treatment options exist.
P.E. Van Schil, J.M. Hendriks, M.G. De Maeseneer, P.R. Lauwers   +3 more
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Pneumothorax: An update on clinical spectrum, diagnosis and management

Clinical Medicine
Pneumothorax is defined as air in the pleural space and is characterised by chest pain and breathlessness. It is commonly divided into spontaneous and non-spontaneous subtypes based on the underlying mechanism.
Beenish Iqbal, Rob Hallifax, Najib M. Rahman   +2 more
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Simultaneous bilateral primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2014
Simultaneous bilateral primary pneumothorax is a very rare (1.6 / 100,000) and life-threatening condition. Clinical presentation may vary from mild dyspnea to tension pneumothorax.
Arife Zeybek, Serdar Kalemci, Serhat Özer   +2 more
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Simultaneous Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax Revealed Birt-Hogg-Dubè Syndrome

Case Reports in Surgery, 2015
Simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax is a very rare clinical event, comprising approximately 1% of all spontaneous pneumothoraces. Clinical signs and symptoms may vary from mild chest pain and dyspnea to severe respiratory failure ...
Alessandro Tamburrini, Francesco Sellitri, Federico Tacconi, Francesco Brancati, Tommaso Claudio Mineo   +4 more
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Chemical pleurodesis for spontaneous pneumothorax

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2013
Pneumothorax is defined as the presence of air in the pleural cavity. Spontaneous pneumothorax, occurring without antecedent traumatic or iatrogenic cause, is sub-divided into primary and secondary.
Cheng-Hung How, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Jin-Shing Chen   +2 more
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Simultaneus bilateral spontaneus pneumothoraces

Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal, 2014
Pneumothorax can be briefly described as the entrance of air into the pleural cavity. Under normal conditions, there is 5-10 ml liquid material, but no air between the visceral and parietal pleura.
Fatma Şimşek, Murat Akçıl, Ozan Balkanay, Ahmet Demirkaya, Kamil Kaynak   +4 more
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Characteristics of 30-day readmission in spontaneous pneumothorax in the United States: a nationwide retrospective study

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2019
Objective: Our study aimed to determine the national estimates of the 30-day all-cause readmission rate among patients with spontaneous pneumothorax and to investigate the burden of these readmissions in terms of mortality, length of stay and ...
Osama Mukhtar, Binav Shrestha, Mazin Khalid, Oday Alhafdh, Praveen Datar, Bikash Bhattarai, Manal Bakhiet, Vijay Gayam, Mowyad Khalid, Joseph Quist, Danilo Enriquez, Frances Schmidt   +11 more
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Pneumothorax, significance of X-ray in ER: Report of two cases [PDF]

ABC: časopis urgentne medicine, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Pneumothorax is abnormal collection of air in the pleural space occurring when there is discontinuity between visceral and parietal pleura.
Niković Vuk, Laggner Anton, Savović Slavko, Perizović Aida, Milenković Dušan   +4 more
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Uniportal versus multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Multiportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (mVATS) is the standard approach for the surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax. However, uniportal VATS (uVATS) has emerged as an alternative aiming to minimize surgical morbidity.
Nicky Janssen, Aimée J.P.M. Franssen, Arlette A. Ramos González, Iris E.W.G. Laven, Yanina J.L. Jansen, Jean H.T. Daemen, Pieter W.J. Lozekoot, Karel W.E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L.J. Vissers, Erik R. de Loos   +9 more
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