Evaluation for pneumothorax is an important indication for obtaining chest radiographs in patients who have had trauma, recent cardiothoracic surgery or are on ventilator support. By definition, a persistent pneumothorax constitutes ongoing bubbling of air from an in situ chest drain, 48 h after its insertion. Persistent pneumothorax remains a diagnostic dilemma and identification of potentiall...

Introduction Spontaneous pneumothorax usually occurs sporadically in healthy young adults and the cause is often unknown. Kjaergaard (1935), and Brock (1948) favoured the presence of hereditary congenital lung cysts, which by rupturing, produced a pneumothorax. Familial cases of spontaneous pneumothorax have been described several times since the original description by Faber (1921). The occurr...

Recurrent pneumothorax is a rather uncommon finding in patients with neuromuscular diseases. For cases that happen to patients with neuromuscular diseases while on non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, pneumothorax could be fatal. Medical staff must be vigilant for this complication. Recurrent pneumothorax can be treated with either medical or surgical pleurodesis, depending on the patien...

Pneumothorax developing secondary to acupuncture is rare. However, in an undiagnosed case, it may cause fatality. The real incidence of acupuncture-related pneumothorax is not known but is acknowledged to be underdiagnosed and under-reported. We describe pneumothorax occurring in a 52-year-old woman who developed bilateral pneumothoraces, with one side being a tension pneumothorax, immediately ...

 Understand the clinical background to and pre-existing controversies in the management of patients with pneumothorax  Understand the technical requirements for, limitations and challenges associated with ultrasonography in the patient with suspected pneumothorax  Understand the key ultrasonographic features that allow the diagnosis of pneumothorax to be either confirmed or excluded  Unders...

Catamenial Pneumothorax is generally considered to be a rare entity. The lack of clear cause means that diagnosis and treatment challenging. objective this case report increase awareness highlight the role serial chest radiographs in improving pathology. A 33-year-old mother two presented at radiology department with history recurrent right-sided pain corresponded her menstrual period. Previous...

UNLABELLED Observation alone is advised only for primary spontaneous pneumothoraces with less than 20 percent of the lungs collapsed. In such cases, it is the resorption capabilities of the visceral pleura that are solely relied upon. The AIM of the present experimental study was to demonstrate the capabilities of the pleura for pneumothorax resolution by room air. MATERIAL AND METHODS The st...

A 21-year-old man with a history of bronchial asthma during childhood presented with left recurrent pneumothorax. Chest x-ray showed collapse of the left lung. Computed tomography showed hyperlucency and some bullae in the left upper lobe. Thoracoscopic bullectomy and pleurodesis were performed. Pneumothorax recurred twice, for which thoracoscopic bullectomy and pleurodesis were performed. Duri...

Background: Although video-assisted thoracoscopy is widely accepted as the gold-standard approach to treating primary spontaneous pneumothorax, role of a chemical pleurodesis addition still under debate. This retrospective study compared results with iodopovidone and talc following thoracoscopic bullectomy for pneumothorax in juvenile population.

Pneumothorax is an urgent and undesirable state of air penetration into thevirtual space between two lists pleura resulting in a collapsed lung loss negative intrathoracic pressure. The nurse must be equipped with appropriate knowledge skills to meet theneeds children pneumothorax safely competently.