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Use of autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak in spontaneous pneumothoraces in the adolescent population

Instillation of an autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak (PAL) in chest tube system has been studied and determined to be a safe and effective treatment plan for adults. The current recommended treatment guidelines for a PAL in adolescent secondary to a spontaneous pneumothorax are surgical...

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Autores principales: Pathak, Vikas, Quinn, Caitlin, Zhou, Christine, Wadie, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6034386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29970773
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_462_17
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description Instillation of an autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak (PAL) in chest tube system has been studied and determined to be a safe and effective treatment plan for adults. The current recommended treatment guidelines for a PAL in adolescent secondary to a spontaneous pneumothorax are surgical intervention. This paper serves as documentation of two case reports with successful treatment of PALs with autologous blood patch in two adolescent patients.
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spelling pubmed-60343862018-07-20 Use of autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak in spontaneous pneumothoraces in the adolescent population Pathak, Vikas Quinn, Caitlin Zhou, Christine Wadie, George Lung India Case Report Instillation of an autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak (PAL) in chest tube system has been studied and determined to be a safe and effective treatment plan for adults. The current recommended treatment guidelines for a PAL in adolescent secondary to a spontaneous pneumothorax are surgical intervention. This paper serves as documentation of two case reports with successful treatment of PALs with autologous blood patch in two adolescent patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6034386/ /pubmed/29970773 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_462_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Chest Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Use of autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak in spontaneous pneumothoraces in the adolescent population
title Use of autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak in spontaneous pneumothoraces in the adolescent population
title_full Use of autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak in spontaneous pneumothoraces in the adolescent population
title_fullStr Use of autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak in spontaneous pneumothoraces in the adolescent population
title_full_unstemmed Use of autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak in spontaneous pneumothoraces in the adolescent population
title_short Use of autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak in spontaneous pneumothoraces in the adolescent population
title_sort use of autologous blood patch for prolonged air leak in spontaneous pneumothoraces in the adolescent population
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6034386/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_462_17
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