ALLMedicine™ Pneumothorax Center

Mar 26th, 2023 - To evaluate the peri-procedural and intermediate-term clinical outcomes of thermal ablation of primary and metastatic lung cancer through analysis of a 5-year institutional experience. In this retrospective, IRB-approved study, 55 consecutive lung...

Mar 25th, 2023 - The relationship between intraoperative anesthetic management and postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after liver transplantation is not fully understood. We aimed to determine the intraoperative contributors to PPC. The retrospectively c...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with tuberculosis due to clinical manifestations, imaging findings and negative pleural biopsy is rare. A 43-year-old young woman went to the hospital several times because of recurrent dyspnea and was diagnosed...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - Whether preoperative localisation is necessary and valuable for the microwave ablation (MWA) of small pulmonary lesions with ground-glass opacity (GGO) remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the role of the Chiba needle and lipiodol localisa...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - The aim of this study was to assess the safety of bronchoscopic microwave ablation (MWA) of peripheral lung parenchyma using the NEUWAVE™ FLEX Microwave Ablation System, and robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (RAB) using the MONARCH™ Platform in a swin...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - For selected patients with advanced emphysema, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with one-way valves can lead to clinically relevant improvements of airflow obstruction, hyperinflation, exercise capacity, and quality of life. The most common com...

Apr 27th, 2021 - The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to provide clinical recommendations on the appropriate use of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) in patients with acute dyspnea in emergency department (ED) or inpatient settings...

Mar 22nd, 2020 - Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs rarely during pregnancy with less than 100 cases reported in the English literature. There is no strong evidence concerning the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax during pregnancy and labor. The aim of this study...

Oct 6th, 2018 - The emergency treatment of thoracic injuries varies of general conditions and modern warfare. However, there are no unified battlefield treatment guidelines for thoracic injuries in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). An expert consensus h...

Jul 25th, 2018 - In Germany, 10,000 cases of spontaneous pneumothorax are treated inpatient every year. The German Society for Thoracic Surgery, in co-operation with the German Society for Pulmonology, the German Radiological Society, and the German Society of Int...

Mar 17th, 2023 - Thoracoscopic sympathectomy is a rapid and simple technique associated with rare complications, but it is associated with severe postoperative pain that makes breathing and coughing difficult resulting in increased occurrence of pulmonary complica...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Background Less Invasive Surfactant Administration (LISA) is a way of applying surfactant in the trachea by use of a catheter during spontaneous breathing and after applying nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP). However, use of pre-pr...

Mar 7th, 2023 - While placing an indwelling nerve catheter can prolong pain control, it can also have drawbacks and complications. While major complications like pneumothorax and hemidiaphragmatic paresis from interscalene continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNB...

Mar 2nd, 2023 - Background Tracheostomy is one of the most frequently performed techniques in intensive care units (ICU). A few years after the description of the percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT), endoscopic guide as part of the technique was performe...

Feb 28th, 2023 - Pneumothorax is a common respiratory disease and potentially recurrent, especially among patients with pre-existing lung diseases. It frequently requires in-patient care due to the need for invasive therapeutic procedures. Pneumothorax can be fata...

Nov 15th, 2022 - Scans of the lungs of pot users have turned up an alarming surprise: Regular smokers of marijuana appear to be at greater risk for lung damage than are people who smoke tobacco alone. Dr Giselle Revah "There's a public perception that marijuana is...

Oct 6th, 2022 - Pleural Disease Section Aspirate or wait: changing the paradigm for PSP care There is considerable heterogeneity in the management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). Although observation for small asymptomatic PSP is supported by current g.

Sep 21st, 2022 - Patients with acute unstable chest wall injuries who were receiving mechanical ventilation experienced modest benefits with operative treatment, a randomized trial suggested. In a modified intention-to-treat analysis involving 207 patients, those ...

Aug 17th, 2022 - For trauma patients who require emergent chest decompression, prehospital needle decompression (PHND) was associated with a lower risk of mortality compared with tube thoracostomy, a cohort study found. Those receiving PHND within 15 minutes of ar...

Aug 10th, 2022 - Evolution in the management of cystic fibrosis has led to more patients surviving to adulthood, but data on the trends and comorbidities in adult patients, and the impact of disparities in access to care, have not been explored, according to a new...