Diagnosis and treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 735-744

  Luh, Shi Ping ^a  

^a St Martin De Porres Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP); Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BED REST; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLD SWEAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CYANOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; GENE MUTATION; HEIMLICH MANEUVER; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALNUTRITION; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PLEURODESIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SUPINE POSITION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; CLASSIFICATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROGNOSIS;

HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77958015949     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1000131     Document Type: Review

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