Autologous “blood patching” has been used successfully for the treatment of persistent air leak in patients with spontaneous secondary pneumothorax. The case history is presented of a 19 year old ...

Chest X-ray confirmed left tension pneumothorax (figure 1). Blood samples showed normal haemogram ... 3 5 6 Re-expansion pulmonary oedema can arise after a rapid decompressive treatment of the ...

We sought to determine if venoarterial ECMO (VA-ECMO) could provide a bridge to lung-protective ventilation and etiologic treatment and allow bronchial ... An urgent chest x-ray revealed right-sided ...

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me.com This article reports a case of a paediatric pre–hospital tension viscerothorax, and it subsequent management. It also dicusses the difficulty in diagnosing this condition in the pre-hospital ...

The aim of the article is to present species-specific differences in the sonographic diagnosis of pneumothorax (PTX) in pet rats. Methods: In total, 158 client-owned pet rats were examined during the ...

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These include: Compressible hemorrhage: 60 percent Tension pneumothorax: 33 percent Airway obstruction and ventilatory compromise: 6 percent.[6] Evidence suggests that the majority of these ...

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Methods: All patients presenting to the emergency department of Chi-Mei Foundation Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan with primary spontaneous pneumothorax between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2002 were ...