Spontaneous hemopneumothorax: a rare but life-threatening entity | Zendy

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Spontaneous hemopneumothorax: a rare but life-threatening entity

Author(s) -

Stamatios Kakaris,

Kalliopi Athanassiadi,

Konstantinos Vassilikos,

Ion Skottis

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.02.002

Subject(s) - medicine , hemopneumothorax , thoracotomy , thoracostomy , pneumothorax , surgery , bulla (seal) , chest pain , pleurodesis , emergency department , chest tube , pleural cavity , hydropneumothorax , thoracoscopy , lung , psychiatry

Spontaneous hemopneumothorax (SHP) is a rare disorder, complicating 1-12% of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax. We conducted a retrospective review in order to study this potentially life-threatening condition and compared our experience with reports in the international literature.

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