OBJECTIVE Pneumothorax in newborns may result in a significant mortality and morbidity. To predict who will survive or die is of great importance in the clinical management. The aim of this study is to address whether assessment of pneumothorax size on chest X-ray may be a predictor of prognosis in newborns presenting with pneumothorax. METHODS Of 5929 infants admitted to our neonatal intensi...

objective: pulmonary air-leakage especially pneumothorax (ptx), is a severe complication in neonates. the aim of this study was to assess the predisposing factors and frequency of ptx among the low birth weight (lbw) premature infants, under mechanical ventilation. methods: this cross sectional study was performed in 121 lbw intubated premature infants at neonatal intensive care unit of a child...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Comparison of the videothoracoscopic appearance of first and recurrent pneumothorax, and assessment of a relation between endoscopic appearance and recurrence rate. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS Eighty-two patients, 64 men (mean age, 32.7 years) and 18 women (mean age, 31.5 years), were included. Patients with known underlying pulmonary disease at the time of hospita...

Catamenial pneumothorax, which is a rare cause of spontaneous pneumothorax, is defined as a pneumothorax that starts at the onset of or within the first 72 hours of the menstruation period in women.1 Catamenial pneumothorax was first described by Maurer et al in 1958.2 The reported incidence of catamenial pneumothorax among the spontaneous pneumothoraces is 3–6%, but the actual incidence is 25–...

Spontaneous pneumothorax is a common clinical problem in emergency care. However, the overall incidences of primary spontaneous pneumothorax has been reported from as low as 1.4% to 7.6%. The clinical findings of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax can be variable. Clinical presentation is variable, ranging from mild dyspnea to tension pneumothorax. Bilateral tension pneumothorax ca...

Videothoracoscopic repair of diaphragm and pleurectomy/abrasion in patients with catamenial pneumothorax: a 9-year experience 6 Should pregnant patients with a recurrent or persistent pneumothorax undergo surgery? 7 Awake video-thoracoscopic surgery for intractable pneumothorax in pregnancy by using a single portal plus puncture 7 Needlescopic video-assisted thoracic surgery pleurodesis for pri...

Abstract Background Some patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) develop pneumothorax. However, the characteristics of pneumothorax in IPF have not been elucidated. The purpose this study was to clarify clinical course, actual management, and treatment outcomes IPF. Methods Consecutive who were admitted for between January 2008 December 2018 included. success rates pneumothorax, hospi...

Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is usually attributed to the rupture of subplural bubbles and rarely associated with lung cancer. Pneumothorax may be first sign The most common possibility that SP complicates cancer mechanism tumour necrosis or, in separate cases, emphysematous bubbles. Lung should always considered as a possible cause MS elderly patients or heavy smokers. We report case an 75-ye...

PURPOSE The postoperative recurrence rate of pneumothorax tends to be higher with thoracoscopic bullectomy than with conventional plication of bullae by axillary thoracotomy or posterolateral thoracotomy. We analyzed the risk factors for postoperative recurrence of pneumothorax in young patients treated with thoracoscopic bullectomy alone for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. METHODS Univaria...

Risk factors for pneumothorax include male sex, height, smoking and underlying lung conditions. The reported causes of bilateral trauma, tumor, iatrogenic causes. Complications Respiratory failure or arrest, Pneumoperitoneum, Pyopneumothorax, Pneumohemothorax, Pneumopericardium, Bronchopulmonary fistula, damage to the neurovascular bundle during tube thoracostomy pain skin infection at site tho...