BACKGROUND Traumatic pneumothoraces are common. Many are managed with tube thoracostomy. However, there is a high complication rate from chest tube placement, particularly in patients with HIV, TB, or both. AIMS We sought to investigate the literature on the conservative management of traumatic pneumothorax in patients with HIV and/or TB. METHODS The literature search was broken into two pa...

BACKGROUND Recurrent pneumothorax is the most significant complication after discontinuation of thoracostomy tubes. The primary objective of the present study was to determine which method of tube removal, at the end of inspiration or at the end of expiration, is associated with a lesser risk of developing a recurrent pneumothorax. A secondary objective was to identify potential risk factors fo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness and potential complications of simple thoracostomy, as first described by Deakin, as a method for prehospital treatment of traumatic pneumothorax. METHODS Prospective observational study of all severe trauma patients rescued by our Regional Helicopter Emergency Medical Service and treated with on-scene simple thoracostomy, over a period of 25 months, fr...

Risk factors for pneumothorax include male sex, height, smoking and underlying lung conditions. The reported causes of bilateral trauma, tumor, iatrogenic causes. Complications Respiratory failure or arrest, Pneumoperitoneum, Pyopneumothorax, Pneumohemothorax, Pneumopericardium, Bronchopulmonary fistula, damage to the neurovascular bundle during tube thoracostomy pain skin infection at site tho...

Traumatic hemothorax/pneumothorax; is a pathological condition seen in blunt and sharp thoracic traumas can generally be treated by tube thoracostomy. While patients are being followed up with thoracotomy, analgesics support, respiratory exercise support; emergency thoracotomy usually not required. Early thoracoscopy method that has come to the fore recent years. This known have therapeutic dia...

Background. The management and outcomes of occult hemopneumothorax in blunt trauma patients who required mechanical ventilation are not well studied. We aimed to study patients with occult hemopneumothorax on mechanical ventilation who could be carefully managed without tube thoracostomy. Methods. Chest trauma patients with occult hemopneumothorax who were on mechanical ventilation were prospec...