Acute pneumothorax.
Pneumothorax may be spontaneous or can occur as a complication of chest trauma. Patients present with a wide range of symptoms, the severity of which may not correlate well with the degree of pneumothorax. Classification and current therapies are presented here.
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Emergency Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia.
D000208:Acute Disease; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*