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Heimlich valve treatment of Pneumocystis carinii-associated pneumothorax
A G Driver1, J G Peden, H G Adams
1Department of Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville.
Chest
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
Two patients were treated for AIDS-associated bilateral pneumothoraces which persisted despite prolonged chest tube drainage. Heimlich flutter valves were used to facilitate the outpatient management of these patients.