Fate of spontaneous pneumothorax from middle to old age: how to overcome an irritating recurrence? | Zendy

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Fate of spontaneous pneumothorax from middle to old age: how to overcome an irritating recurrence?

Author(s) -

Seung Hyuk Nam,

Kun Woo Kim,

SungWhan Kim,

Si-Wook Kim,

Jong-Myeon Hong,

Dohun Kim

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.10.30

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , odds ratio , surgery , logistic regression , odds , multivariate analysis , population , environmental health

The causes and treatment of pneumothorax in older patients are different from those in younger patients. However, studies on this topic are limited thus; pneumothorax in older patients is often inadequately managed. The purpose of this research was to investigate the characteristics of pneumothorax in patients over 45 years old, understand patterns of management and factors of recurrence, and propose reasonable guidelines for the treatment of older patients.

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