title: Non-interventional management of small pneumothorax in the very elderly.
abstract: The non-interventional management (NIM) of elderly patients with small pneumothorax has rarely reported. We show herein three elderly cases of successful treated with NIM for small pneumothorax (< 20% on chest computerized tomography scan). With adequate evaluation of chest radiographs and careful cardiopulmonary monitoring, we evaluated that NIM for small pneumothorax can be a possible therapeutic choice even in the elderly.
authors: Katsunori
authors: K
authors: Kagohashi
authors: Gen
authors: G
authors: Ohara
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Kurishima
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Mito Medical Center, Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan. hirosato@md.tsukuba.ac.jp.
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Satoh
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed