Pneumothorax in young non-smoking patient
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Emphysema and secondary pneumothorax in young adults smoking cannabis.
BACKGROUND We observed a remarkable increase in the number of young patients who presented with lung emphysema and secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) at our institution for over a period of 30 months; most of them have a common history of marijuana abuse. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. METHODS Seventeen young patients presented with spontaneous pneumothorax with bullous lung ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Polish Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1897-9483
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4335