Respiratory failure after treatment of pneumothorax

Abstract A 40-year-old man presented with an eight day history of left-side pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. Chest examination revealed decreased air entry at the left lung. Chest X-ray examination revealed a large pneumothorax and a chest tube was successfully placed. Two hours after the procedure...

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Published inEuropean journal of internal medicine Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. e1 - e2
Main Authors Baldessari, Enrique M, Arceluz, Maria J, Mendez-Villarroel, Andres
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.05.2015
Subjects
Adult
Chest Pain
Dyspnea
Humans
Internal Medicine
Lung - diagnostic imaging
Male
Pneumothorax - complications
Pneumothorax - diagnostic imaging
Radiography, Thoracic
Respiratory Insufficiency - diagnosis
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Summary:Abstract A 40-year-old man presented with an eight day history of left-side pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. Chest examination revealed decreased air entry at the left lung. Chest X-ray examination revealed a large pneumothorax and a chest tube was successfully placed. Two hours after the procedure, auscultation revealed crackles over the left lung and oxygen saturation was 88% on room air. Chest radiography was repeated and showed a fully expanded left lung with alveolar-interstitial infiltrates.
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ISSN:0953-6205
1879-0828
DOI:10.1016/j.ejim.2014.08.003