Abstract A 30-year-old gentleman presented with complaints of fever, productive cough, and shortness breath for 10 days. On presentation, he had a right intercostal drainage tube (ICD) in situ view chest radiograph findings where hydropneumothorax was suspected. He past history pulmonary tuberculosis 3 years back which self-discontinued anti-tubercular therapy after months. also diagnosed 2 asp...

INTRODUCTION Two cases of iatrogenic tension pneumothorax in children are reported. CASE PRESENTATIONS Case 1: A 2-year-old boy with suspected brain death after suffering multiple trauma suddenly developed intense cyanosis, extreme bradycardia and generalized subcutaneous emphysema during apnea testing. He received advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation and urgent bilateral needle thoracostom...

CASE REPORT Two dogs with an oesophageal foreign body (FB) were diagnosed with secondary pyothorax at the time of presentation. One dog was managed with surgical FB removal, pleural lavage and thoracostomy tube placement. Following surgery, it was admitted to the intensive care unit for oxygen therapy, antimicrobial and analgesic administration, fluid therapy, thoracic drainage and enteral nutr...

Background There is controversy regarding needle aspiration for primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP), with contradictory recommendations between the American College of Chest Physicians consensus statement (2001) which suggests that needle aspiration has little place in the management of PSP, and the British Thoracic Society guidelines (2010) which recommend that needle aspiration be attempte...