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Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
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Initial Management: Clinically Unstable Patient with a Large PSP

Management Options (listed in order of preference)

  1. Hospitalize and insert a chest catheter to re-expand lung

The patient should be undergo a hospitalization with insertion of a chest catheter to reexpand the lung (very good consensus).

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Chest Tube Size Selection

 

Primary Data

Table 8—Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax With Signs and Symptoms Present <24 H: Initial Management

 

Other Information

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Initial Chest Tube Management

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Chest Tube Removal

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Airleak Management

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Recurrence Prevention Information

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Computed Tomography

 

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