Artificial Pneumothorax

The Art of Artificial Pneumothorax

Intrapleural haemorrhage in artificial pneumothorax.

Intrapleural haemorrhage is a serious complication of artificial pneumothorax (A.P.), sometimes endangering life and often leading to obliterative pleurisy and loss of the A.P. It is the purpose of this paper to discuss its causes, incidence, pathology, treatment, and effect on the A.P., on the basis of a study of the records of 37 cases in which intrapleural haemorrhage of not less than one pi...

The art of artificial pneumothorax.

Complications during Artificial Pneumothorax Therapy

cases without examining the patients radiographically, either before or after induction. Now that a great impetus is given to the problem of tuberculosis in this country there is every possibility of increasing the incidence of similar therapeutic adventures which are undoubtedly beset with positive danger. Hence a statistical study of the complications and dangers of pneumothorax therapy is ju...

Artificial Pneumothorax in Pulmonary Tuberculosis