Abstract: Pneumothorax is specified as the presence of air in the pleural cavity; the space between the chest wall and the lung itself. We aimed to overview the pneumothorax as it’s an emergency condition that need urgent diagnosis and treatment in emergency medicine, we intended to evaluate the procedures that are available in ER to early diagnosis of Pneumothorax, and demonstrate some studies that are concerned with this topic. We conducted a comprehensive literature search of related studies to emergency management and diagnosis of pneumothorax, through database, PubMed (Midline) to the period of December 2016, using Mesh terms as following; Pneumothorax, spontaneous pneumothorax, emergency department, urgent treatment, early diagnosis. We tried to extract more studies from the references list of identified studies, to provide more supportive evidence for our study. Traditional techniques to the diagnosis and management of pneumothorax are being challenged, and physicians need to keep an open mind regarding brand-new approaches to this condition. As CT scans have actually become more affordable and more extensively utilized their role in detecting pneumothorax is likewise evolving and being more clearly defined. More cases of little pneumothorax are being identified, but management decisions are not always being changed. Less costly and less painful options (besides standard tube thoracostomy and admission) exist for lots of etiologies, and more patients are being discharged home than in the past. Comprehending these patterns is critical to supplying ideal take care of patients with pneumothorax.
Keywords: PNEUMOTHORAX, PubMed.
Title: Urgent Diagnosis and Management of PNEUMOTHORAX in Emergency Department: Overview
Author: Ahmed Shawki Ibrahim Almallah, Yousif Abdullah Ahmed Alsaggaf, Aisha Abdulwadod Abdulmughi Algaradi, Hussain Mohammad Alqurashi, Waleed Khalid A Nawwab, Abdulrahman Naif A Qutub, Saad Mustafa Saad Alharbi, Aiman Mohammed Alshomrani
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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