Update on the management of first episode primary spontaneous pneumothorax in an Australian hospital network.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Chew, Christopher; Bartlett, James; Kelly, Anne‐Maree
- Source
- Internal Medicine Journal. Oct2023, Vol. 53 Issue 10, p1907-1910. 4p.
- Subject
- *CONSERVATIVE treatment
*HOSPITALS
*LENGTH of stay in hospitals
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*TERTIARY care
*FISHER exact test
*MANN Whitney U Test
*EMERGENCY medical services
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*DATA analysis software
*PNEUMOTHORAX
- Language
- ISSN
- 1444-0903
International guidelines and recent research favour a less interventional approach to primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). A retrospective clinical audit of 68 first‐episode PSP was undertaken at a major tertiary teaching hospital network in Melbourne, Australia, found that most patients presenting with a moderate to large pneumothorax received initial intercostal catheter insertion (56%), though many (81%) would have met criteria for consideration of conservative management. The results suggest continued deviation from clinical guidelines in the management of PSP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]