Pneumothorax in Liberia: Complications of Tuberculosis

Pneumothorax in Liberia: Complications of Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a known cause of secondary pneumothorax. In areas with endemic TB, complications from the disease, including pneumothorax, are increasing in prevalence. We present the cases of 3 patients (ages 32 years, 17 years, and 3 months) seen in the emergency department at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. Each presented with shortness of breath and co...

Artificial Pneumothorax in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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...

Basal Tuberculosis and Selective Pneumothorax

many interesting details about the incidence, development, symptoms, treatment, etc., of basal tuberculosis, a short survey of which is given by Busby, 1939. The figures of incidence given by different authors vary between extreme rarity and 10 per cent; there is greater incidence in men than in women; the right lung is more often affected than the left. The character of the disease is said to ...

The Artificial Pneumothorax Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

realised in India. It is disappointing to note, however, that its importance is being underrated by a certain section of the medical profession who probably do so not from any personal experience of it, but rather from a lack of knowledge of its technique and mode of action. It appears that with them the treatment of phthisis begins and ends with fresh air and good food. They forget that fresh ...