Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Uniportal Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Outcomes for Recurrent Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Single Institution Experience
... [9] Sihoe, A.D., Au, S.S., Cheung, M.L., Chow, I.K., Chu, K.M., Law, C.Y., Wan, M. and Yim, A.P. (2004) Incidence of Chest Wall Paresthesia after Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Primary Spontaneous ...
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Pneumocystis jirovecii related spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema in a liver transplant recipient: a case report
... PCP-related spontaneous pneumothorax and/or pneumomediastinum is rare in patients without the human immunodeficiency virus, with an incidence of ...right pneumothorax and ...right ...
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The Frequency of Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema after Trocar and Hemostat Assisted Thoracostomy in Patients with Spontaneous Pneumothorax
... of spontaneous pneumothorax with trocar or hemostat assisted closed ...with spontaneous pneumothorax who visited the emergency de- partment from January 2007 to December ...of ...
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Is There a Role for Chest Computed Tomography in Patients with Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax?
... Left-sided spontaneous pneumothorax was identified in twenty-two patients (61%), and right-sided spontaneous pneumothorax was seen in fourteen patients ...primary spontaneous ...
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What factors predict recurrence of a spontaneous pneumothorax?
... Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) remains a significant health problem because of the high recurrence rate during thoracic drainage and conservative treatments ...
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Simultaneous Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Report of 6 Adult Patients
... Background: Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) refers to the spontaneous presence of air in the pleural sac(s) without iatrogenic or traumatic factors. The simultaneous bilateral SP (SBSP) is rare yet ...
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Risk factors for the development of reexpansion pulmonary edema in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax
... from another hospital with a tube thoracostomy, 306 epi- sodes of spontaneous pneumothorax that were initially treated with closed tube thoracostomy drainage were in- cluded in the study population. ...
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Is VATS Bullectomy and Pleurectomy an Effective Method for the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax?
... primary spontaneous pneumothorax in order to better understand the complications of this procedure, identify any risk factors for complications and see if there is any way for avoiding ...
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A Survey on the Initial Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
... Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is a common medical condition but continues to be a frequent management problem among doctors. Despite the availability of guidelines on management of SP, studies have shown ...
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Validation of an Algorithm Allowing Identification of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax Cases from Administrative Databases
... right-sided pneumothorax with shifting of the mediastinum towards the left ...a spontaneous pneumothorax (white ...primary spontaneous pneumothorax with persistent air leak, the ...
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Videothoracoscopic surgical approach for spontaneous pneumothorax: review of the pertinent literature
... for spontaneous pneumothorax are usually performed with a minimally invasive technique that involves video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) ...of spontaneous pneumothorax via ...for ...
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Measurement of intrapleural pressure in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax: a pilot study
... for spontaneous pneumothorax, either primary or secondary, were ...for spontaneous pneumo- thorax published by The Japan Society for Pneumothorax and Cystic Lung Diseases ...the ...
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Impact of oxygen concentration on time to resolution of spontaneous pneumothorax in term infants: a population based cohort study
... Symptomatic spontaneous pneumothorax is one of the main reasons for admission of term newborn infants to the ...symptomatic spontaneous pneumothorax in stable term ...not spontaneous ...
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How spontaneous pneumothorax is managed in emergency departments: a French multicentre descriptive study
... Furthermore, questions have arisen concerning the application of outpatient management [18], in particular which physicians perform the intervention. In the study by Voisin et al., all pigtail catheters were placed by ...
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What is an appropriate material to use with a covering technique to prevent the recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax?
... Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) remains a significant health problem, even when surgical management is per- formed. The recurrence rate has been estimated to range from approximately 10 %–20 % [1-3]. Bullae ...
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Spontaneous pneumothorax from cryptococcal pneumonia in systemic sclerosis: a case report
... ease. Spontaneous pneumothorax in SSC has been reported in patients with sub-pleural blebs or lung cysts, which are perhaps due to abnormal collagen in the pul- monary tissue as a result of SSC ...for ...
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Pseudochylothorax Combined with Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Case Report of a Rare Complication of Rheumatoid Arthritis
... ment. Pneumothorax, hydropneumothorax, empyema, and bronchopleural fistula are other uncommon RA pleural complications, and the treatment can be challenging ...and spontaneous pneumothorax leading to ...
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Spontaneous pneumothorax as indicator for Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome in paediatric patients
... As SP in the paediatric population is relatively rare, BHD should be considered as underlying cause, especially when there is a positive family history for pneumothorax, skin fibrofolliculomas or renal cell ...
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Natural air leak test without submergence for spontaneous pneumothorax
... presentation, hemopneumothorax, the occupation of the patient, and ipsilateral or contralateral recurrences. Data were collected for all patients and included a detailed history, age, sex, and smoking habits, past ...
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Safety and efficacy of ambulatory management of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax: a case series
... Safety concerns are likely to be the main barrier to the uptake of outpatient pneumothorax management. Our experience however refutes this. There were no serious incidents throughout the 3-year audit period. Only ...
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