Hiroaki SATOH, Katsunori KAGOHASHI, Koichi KURISHIMA, Gen OHARA

Non-interventional management of small pneumothorax in the very elderly

Yaşlı hastada küçük pnömotoraksın girişimsel olmayan tedavisi oldukça nadir bildirilmiştir. Toraks bilgisayarlı tomografide %20'nin altındaki küçük pnömotoraksların girişimsel olmayan başarılı tedavisi 3 hastada gösterilmektedir. Akciğer grafisi ve dikkatli kardiyopulmoner monitörizasyon ile küçük pnömotorakslarda girişimsel olmayan tedavi yaşlı hastalarda bir seçenek olabilir.

Yaşlı hastada küçük pnömotoraksın girişimsel olmayan tedavisi

The non-interventional management (NIM) of elderly patients with small pneumothorax has rarely reported. We show herein three elderly cases of successful treated with NIM for small pneumothorax (< 20% on chest computerized tomography scan). With adequate evaluation of chest radiographs and careful cardiopulmonary monitoring, we evaluated that NIM for small pneumothorax can be a possible therapeutic choice even in the elderly.

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