A novel form of chest X-ray imaging could help clinicians detect pneumothorax more quickly and with greater confidence.

Pneumothorax (PTX) is a life-threatening complication, with higher incidence in very low birth weight infants. PTX is usually diagnosed when signs of tension PTX develop, and when life-saving surgical ...

September 18, 2012 — With trauma patients, it is traditional to decompress tension pneumothorax by quickly inserting a needle at the second intercostal space (ICS) in the midclavicular line. However, ...

Credit: Getty Images Being male, tall, and thin is hypothesized to increase the chance of having a PSP because of “higher distention pressures at the lung apex,” which may lead to bleb and bullae ...

Tension pneumothorax remains a critical, life-threatening complication in trauma care, arising when air accumulates under pressure in the pleural cavity. Effective management requires rapid diagnosis ...

Pneumothorax Approximately 35% of premenopausal women diagnosed with primary spontaneous pneumothorax meet criteria for catamenial pneumothorax. Differentiating between spontaneous pneumothorax and ...

A 36-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax accompanied by acute chest pain and shortness of breath, an unusual occurrence, particularly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ambulatory management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax reduced the duration of hospital stay and readmissions ...

THIS study was undertaken with the main purpose of determining the etiologic background and the precipitating factors in cases of nontraumatic spontaneous pneumothorax among hospitalized military ...

According to a new study, patients with connective tissue disease-associated interstitial disease (CTD-ILD) had significantly higher mortality rates and worse 10-year survival rates than patients who ...