Primary Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothorax in a Neonate

Pneumothorax, though rare, is a recognized cause of respiratory distress in the immediate newborn period. It may occur spontaneously or secondary to various underlying lung diseases. Here we share our experience of a neonate with spontaneous pneumothorax with mild to moderate respiratory distress, w...

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Autores principales: Arora, Kamaldeep, Panda, Shasanka Shekhar, Das, Rashmi Ranjan, Mohanty, Pankaj Kumar, Panda, Meely
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374798
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author Arora, Kamaldeep
Panda, Shasanka Shekhar
Das, Rashmi Ranjan
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description Pneumothorax, though rare, is a recognized cause of respiratory distress in the immediate newborn period. It may occur spontaneously or secondary to various underlying lung diseases. Here we share our experience of a neonate with spontaneous pneumothorax with mild to moderate respiratory distress, who recovered completely with conservative management with an oxygen-enriched atmosphere and no surgical intervention.
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spelling pubmed-42072362014-11-05 Primary Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothorax in a Neonate Arora, Kamaldeep Panda, Shasanka Shekhar Das, Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty, Pankaj Kumar Panda, Meely APSP J Case Rep Case Report Pneumothorax, though rare, is a recognized cause of respiratory distress in the immediate newborn period. It may occur spontaneously or secondary to various underlying lung diseases. Here we share our experience of a neonate with spontaneous pneumothorax with mild to moderate respiratory distress, who recovered completely with conservative management with an oxygen-enriched atmosphere and no surgical intervention. EL-MED-Pub 2014-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4207236/ /pubmed/25374798 Text en Copyright © 2014 Arora et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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