Acute respiratory failure secondary to primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax occasionally occurs in young healthy individuals. Most of the time, it is diagnosed before it progresses to acute respiratory failure. We present a healthy young girl who developed acute respiratory failure secondary to primary spontaneous pneumothorax. Prompt evaluation and management are essential because this entity can lead to fatal outcome if not diagnosed and treated immediately.
Department of Pediatrics, Winthrop University Hospital, SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine, Mineola, NY, USA.
Wilfredo G
WG
Veloira
Dmitriy
D
Vaysman
Haesoon
H
Lee
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*