Management of the Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Current Guidance, Controversies, and Recent Advances

Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) is a medical emergency where the lung collapses in the presence of underlying chronic lung disease. It is the commonest cause of spontaneous pneumothorax and results in significant breathlessness, higher morbidity, mortality, and longer hospital admissions th...

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Autores principales: Nava, George William, Walker, Steven Philip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8911306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35268264
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11051173
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description Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) is a medical emergency where the lung collapses in the presence of underlying chronic lung disease. It is the commonest cause of spontaneous pneumothorax and results in significant breathlessness, higher morbidity, mortality, and longer hospital admissions than with patients with pneumothoraces and no underlying lung disease. This article explores the current guidance, controversies, and recent advances in the management of this condition.
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spelling pubmed-89113062022-03-11 Management of the Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Current Guidance, Controversies, and Recent Advances Nava, George William Walker, Steven Philip J Clin Med Review Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) is a medical emergency where the lung collapses in the presence of underlying chronic lung disease. It is the commonest cause of spontaneous pneumothorax and results in significant breathlessness, higher morbidity, mortality, and longer hospital admissions than with patients with pneumothoraces and no underlying lung disease. This article explores the current guidance, controversies, and recent advances in the management of this condition. MDPI 2022-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8911306/ /pubmed/35268264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11051173 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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