Spontaneous pneumothorax related to falls in atmospheric pressure.
The relation of changes in atmospheric pressure to admissions due to radiologically verified spontaneous pneumothorax, was studied in 282 consecutive patients. A fall in atmospheric pressure of at least 10 mbar within 24 h was followed by a statistically significant increase in the number of admissions 2 days later.
D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors