Music: a new cause of primary spontaneous pneumothorax
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Music: a new cause of primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Most cases of primary spontaneous pneumothorax are thought to be caused by air leaks at so-called "emphysema-like changes" or in areas of pleural porosity at the surface of the lung. Environmental pressure swings may cause air leaks as a result of transpulmonary pressure changes across areas of trapped gas in the distal lung. This is the first report of music as a specific form of air pressure ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.007385