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Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
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Initial Management: Clinically Unstable Patient with Any Size SSP

Management Options (listed in order of preference)

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

The patient should be undergo placement of a chest catheter to reexpand the lung and be hospitalized (very good consensus).

 

 

 

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