Outpatient treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax in a community hospital using a heimlich flutter valve: A case series

• Published in: The Journal of emergency medicine Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 115 - 119
• Main Authors: Campisi, Paolo, Voitk, Andrus J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 1997; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Ambulatory Care - economics; Ambulatory Care - methods; Biological and medical sciences; Drainage; Female; Heimlich valve; Hospitals, Community - economics; Humans; Male; management; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Ontario; outpatient; Pneumology; Pneumothorax - therapy; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; spontaneous pneumothorax; Heimlich valve; outpatient; spontaneous pneumothorax; management; Ontario; Human; Pneumothorax; Treatment; Effusion; Respiratory disease; Surgery; Spontaneous; Pleural disease; Ambulatory

This is a case series of 14 consecutive patients treated as outpatients for spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) (1 January 1992 to 31 December 1995) by one surgeon in a community hospital setting. The purpose of this study was to examine the appropriateness and financial implications of routine outpatient...