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 ...

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 ...

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a condition that predominantly affects otherwise healthy individuals, characterised by the presence of air in the pleural space without a clear precipitating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The prevalence and incidence of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax among patients with chronic obstructive ...

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

Conservative management of spontaneous pneumothorax was noninferior to interventional management in patients with moderate-to-large primary lung collapse at low risk for serious adverse events (AE), ...

Background: Idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax (ISP) results from rupture of blebs, bullas, or diseased alveolar walls. Initiating mechanisms may relate to increased transpulmonary pressure. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There was no difference in hospital length of stay among patients with secondary spontaneous pneumothorax who ...

In many cases, collapsed lungs may recover better with conservative management than with surgery, researchers say. Treatment for pneumothorax varies around the world, but most medical societies ...

The authors of this report stress the importance of awareness of COVID-19–related complications in young patients who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy, paying particular attention to a potential ...