Primary and Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Prevalence, Clinical Features, and In-Hospital Mortality

Table 7

Demographic and clinical details of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax according to requirement for emergency transportation.

Patients	Age (years)	Sex	Laterality	Emergency transportation	Smoking status	PS before pneumothorax	PSP/SSP	Existing respiratory diseases
1	62	M	R	Yes	Yes	4	SSP	Lung cancer
2	68	M	L	Yes	Yes	2	SSP	Pulmonary emphysema, pneumonia
3	72	M	R	No	Yes	1	SSP	Pulmonary emphysema
4	72	M	R	Yes	Yes	2	SSP	Pulmonary emphysema
5	74	M	R	Yes	Unknown	3	SSP	Pneumonia
6	76	M	R	Yes	Yes	0	SSP	Lung cancer, pneumonia
7	77	M	L	Yes	Yes	1	SSP	Pulmonary emphysema
8	78	M	L	No	Never	3	SSP	Pulmonary emphysema
9	79	F	R	No	Yes	2	SSP	Pneumonia, pyothorax
10	80	M	L	Yes	Yes	3	SSP	Pulmonary emphysema, pneumomycosis
11	85	F	L	Yes	Never	4	SSP	Interstitial pneumonitis
12	86	M	R	Yes	Yes	3	SSP	Interstitial pneumonitis
13	87	F	R	Yes	Never	4	SSP	Lung cancer
14	87	M	L	Yes	Yes	3	SSP	Pulmonary emphysema, pneumonia
15	94	F	R	No	Never	3	SSP	Obsolete tuberculosis
16	96	M	R	Yes	Yes	3	PSP	—

L, left; R, right; PS, performance status according to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; PSP, primary spontaneous pneumothorax; SSP, secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.