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