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Pneumothorax in children

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Common symptoms

面色青紫、休克、胸痛、气息异常、呼吸困难、小儿哭闹不安、急性呼吸窘迫综合征、血缺氧、持续性咳嗽、呼吸音减弱

The pathology of disease

Pneumothorax in children is air in pleural space; dyspnea; chest pain; tall thin adolescents; cystic fibrosis; trauma; children; imaging; observation/chest tube; pediatric pulmonology/thoracic surgery.

Symptoms

Sudden chest pain; dyspnea; child; known tall thin/CF/trauma; imaging; chest tube

Causes

Spontaneous; tall thin adolescent; CF; trauma; pneumothorax; child.

Treatment

Observation selected; chest tube; surgery selected for recurrent; pediatric pulmonology/thoracic surgery

Dept

Pediatric pulmonology / pediatric thoracic surgery / pediatric emergency / pediatrics.

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