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Update on the management of first episode primary spontaneous pneumothorax in an Australian hospital network. |
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International guidelines and recent research favour a less interventional approach to primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). A retrospective clinical audit of 68 first-episode PSP was undertaken at a major tertiary teaching hospital network in Melbourne, Australia, found that most patients presenting with a moderate to large pneumothorax received initial intercostal catheter insertion (56%), though many (81%) would have met criteria for consideration of conservative management. The results suggest continued deviation from clinical guidelines in the management of PSP. |
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Internal Medicine Journal 2023-10; 53(10) |
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Internal Medicine Journal |
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