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A primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) tends to occur in a young adult without underlying lung problems, and usually causes limited symptoms. Chest pain and sometimes mild breathlessness are the usual predominant presenting features.
Spontaneous pneumothorax is common. [24] In spontaneous unilateral pneumothorax, air escapes from a lung and occupies the pleural space between the chest wall and a lung. The lung becomes partially compressed or collapsed. This can cause pain, shortness of breath, cyanosis, and, if not treated, death.
There are several causes for a tracheal deviation, and the condition often presents along with difficulty breathing, coughing and abnormal breath sounds. The most common cause of tracheal deviation is a pneumothorax, which is a collection of air inside the chest, between the chest cavity and the lung. A pneumothorax can be spontaneous, caused ...
Catamenial pneumothorax is a spontaneous pneumothorax that recurs during menstruation, within 72 hours before or after the onset of a cycle. [1] It usually involves the right side of the chest and right lung, and is associated with thoracic endometriosis. [2] A third to a half of patients have pelvic endometriosis as well.
Young children most commonly ingest toys, coins, or food. [21] On chest x-ray, the most frequent sign is air trapping that can lead to a mediastinal shift. Atelectasis and pneumothorax may also occur in the setting of foreign body aspiration. The diagnosis is made in conjunction with clinical symptoms and confirmed and treated with bronchoscopy ...
Symptoms: Shortness of breath, rapid breathing, bluish skin coloration, chest pain, loss of speech [1] Complications: Blood clots, Collapsed lung (pneumothorax), Infections, Scarring (pulmonary fibrosis) [2] Usual onset: Within a week [1] Diagnostic method: Adults: PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio of less than 300 mm Hg [1] Children: oxygenation index > 4 [3 ...
Transient tachypnea of the newborn occurs in approximately 1 in 100 preterm infants and 3.6–5.7 per 1000 term infants. It is most common in infants born by caesarian section without a trial of labor after 35 weeks of gestation. Male infants and infants with an umbilical cord prolapse or perinatal asphyxia are at higher risk.
More than 83% of people with BHD have cysts, but the syndrome does not cause conditions like progressive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or generalized respiratory failure, [2] though it does cause emphysema. [4] Spontaneous, sometimes recurrent, [5] pneumothorax occurs far more often and at a younger age with BHD than in the unaffected ...