Pneumothorax occurs when air gets in between the lung and the chest wall, causing the lung to collapse. It can cause pain and extreme worry and certain cases can be life-threatening. This article ...

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

A punctured lung involves air escaping from the lung into the space between it and the chest wall. The condition can cause the lung to collapse, which makes breathing a problem. Recovery time can ...

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in patients without clinically apparent lung disease or trauma. 1–5 Observation may be the only requirement for patients with small primary spontaneous ...

SPONTANEOUS pneumothorax may present a variable symptomatology. The clinical picture of pain in the chest associated with varying degrees of shortness of breath is well known to any practicing phys ...

Secondary pneumothorax has a higher rate of mortality than primary pneumothorax, with figures quoted as high as 15% of patients. Chronic respiratory impairment, including respiratory failure – may ...