Research Article
Primary and Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Prevalence, Clinical Features, and In-Hospital Mortality
Table 8
Therapy, LOS, progress of pneumothorax, and cause of death in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax.
| Patients | Therapy | LOS (days) | Progress of pneumothorax | Direct cause of death |
| 1 | CD + pleurodesis | 14 | NC | Lung cancer | 2 | CD + pleurodesis | 16 | Cured | Pneumonia | 3 | Surgery | 13 | NC | Pyothorax, postoperative respiratory failure | 4 | Surgery | 274 | Cured | Post-operative respiratory failure | 5 | CD | 5 | NC | Pneumonia | 6 | CD | 56 | Cure | Lung cancer | 7 | CD | 8 | Cure | Exacerbation of chronic respiratory failure | 8 | CD + pleurodesis | 15 | Cure | Pyothorax | 9 | CD + pleurodesis | 23 | NC | Pneumothorax followed by respiratory failure | 10 | CD + pleurodesis | 23 | NC | Sepsis followed by multiple organ failure | 11 | Observation only | 30 | NC | Pneumothorax followed by respiratory failure | 12 | CD | 19 | NC | Intestinal pneumonitis | 13 | Observation only | 66 | NC | Pneumothorax followed by general prostration | 14 | CD | 8 | NC | Cardiac disease (details unknown) | 15 | CD | 32 | NC | Pyothorax, respiratory failure | 16 | CD + pleurodesis | 59 | Cure | Pneumothorax followed by multiple organ failure |
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CD, chest drainage; LOS, length of stay; NC, no change.
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