ALLMedicine™ Pneumothorax Center

May 14th, 2022 - Contralateral bullae/blebs are frequently found in patients who are scheduled to undergo ipsilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). Should visible contralateral bullae/blebs be simultaneousl...

May 14th, 2022 - Pneumothorax: Clearing the Air on 'Pressure-Dependent Airleak Hypothesis'.|2022|Lee YCG,Singh B,|

May 14th, 2022 - Many of the complications arising from cardiac device implantation are associated to the venous access used for lead placement. Previous analyses reported that cephalic vein cutdown (CVC) is safer but less effective than subclavian vein puncture (...

May 12th, 2022 - Impaired Blood Flow? Tension Pneumothorax on Extracorporeal Support.|2022|Circelli A,Antonini MV,Spiga M,Scognamiglio G,Benni M,|

May 12th, 2022 - Thoracic endometriosis-related pneumothorax is a secondary spontaneous pneumothorax caused by thoracic endometriosis. Diaphragmatic endometriosis is well-studied, but visceral and/or parietal pleural lesions are not. Although surgery is an effecti...

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...

May 11th, 2022 - The aim of the present prospective randomised study is to compare differences in levels of carbon dioxide between two different endotracheal tube-sizes. Background: High Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV) has become an important technique for ventil...

Apr 29th, 2022 - A. SPECIFIC AIMS To define the lung ultrasound profile of patients admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia, hypoxia, or hypoxemic respiratory failure. To document the progression of POCUS findings in admitted patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure. A...

Apr 26th, 2022 - Lung ultrasonography (LUS) is a rapid, easy and non-invasive bedside tool for the detection of specific ultrasound patterns, associated with several pulmonary and pleural disorders. The main limitation of studies assessing lung recruitability and ...

Apr 25th, 2022 - Studies have shown that CBCT is a viable imaging modality for PTNB. Although MDCT-guidance remains the preferred procedural modality, research has shown that CBCT-guided biopsies can be carried out safely and effectively. Particularly, studies dem...

Apr 15th, 2022 - Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (PMS) is defined as free air within the mediastinum. Spontaneous pneumothorax (PNX) consists of the presence of air inside the pleural space. PMS and PNX may sometimes occur secondly to an underlying pathology, or der...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - Use of per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for esophageal achalasia increased dramatically during the past decade, a retrospective study found, and while the procedure appears just as safe as laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM), it led to greater hea...

Sep 17th, 2021 - A recently published study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open suggests that patients who presented with breast implant illness (BII) — a term first coined in social media to refer to systemic symptoms developing after breast augment...

Jul 23rd, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Quality of care across and within neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs) in the United States varies by race and ethnicity, according to a new study that points to systemic and structural racism starting at birth. This s...

Jul 22nd, 2021 - Black patients experience disparities in several safety measures compared to White patients seen at the same hospital, although the data are not consistent across safety measures, according to a report on safety events from 26 states in 2017. Data...

Jun 23rd, 2021 - Diaphragmatic endometriosis is often diagnosed several years after the start of symptoms – mainly moderate to severe pain – and this is potentially because of general lack of awareness of diaphragmatic endometriosis among the general population an...