Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Lung Lesions

Space: StayCurrentMD Published: 2012-08-15

Topic overview

Dr. Mark McCollum leads a discussion in the management of spontaneous pneumothorax, including the type of anesthesia for chest tube insertion, indications for CT scans, number of ports in VATS, recurrence of bilateral blebs, and different types of pleurodesis.

Keywords

primary spontaneous pneumothorax chest pain shortness of breath chest tube placement local anesthesia general anesthesia observation tube thoracostomy VATS CT scan bleb disease recurrence risk pigtail catheter emergency department pneumothorax management chest X-ray surgical intervention patient management adolescent care thoracoscopy

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#Pneumothorax #ChestPain #EmergencyMedicine #Surgery #PediatricCare #Pulmonology #MedicalEducation #ClinicalDiscussion #Anesthesia #Radiology #PatientCare #ThoracicSurgery #RespiratoryHealth #Healthcare #MedicalManagement #EvidenceBasedMedicine #ChestTube #Blebs #Observation #CTScan

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