THIS study was undertaken with the main purpose of determining the etiologic background and the precipitating factors in cases of nontraumatic spontaneous pneumothorax among hospitalized military ...

Background: Pneumothorax is a common complication in the premature newborn with respiratory distress syndrome. Its incidence may have declined following the widespread use of antenatal steroids and ...

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air escapes ...

THE purpose of this paper is to report a case of mediastinal, subcutaneous and probable subpericardial emphysema treated by recompression, with subsequent recovery. On February 11, 1958, a 19-year-old ...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has multiple and diverse clinical manifestations leading to high mortality and morbidity.

The standard tracheostomy technique, described in 1909 by Jackson, has been increasingly used in intensive care units. Since 1957, several different types of percutaneous tracheostomy techniques have ...