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Protocol and Guidelines for Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound in Diagnosing Neonatal Pulmonary Diseases Based on International Expert Consensus
Published on: March 6, 2019
[Diagnosis and treatment of nonspecific spontaneous pneumothorax]
Abstract:
The authors analyze the treatment of 74 patients with non-specific spontaneous pneumothorax. Relapses were observed in 6.7% of cases. The authors have shown that a partial pneumothorax should be treated actively and conservatively. By this method in 61 of 74 patients (82,6%) the lungs were expanded. Operations were performed in 13 patients. The surgical treatment is indicated in complete pneumothorax complicated by stable collapse of the lung, continuous intrapleural hemorrhage and suppuration of the pleural cavity.
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