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

CD, chest drainage; LOS, length of stay; NC, no change.