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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Immediate Treatment For Tension Pneumothorax

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Dr. Prasad MD

ive had a few spine surgeries, a collapsed lung/ tension pneumothorax , all about 10 years ago.. last year when my 3yr old granddaughter died of cancer, I suddenly had a 'break-down' of some sort ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Prasad ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Grzegorz Stanko MD

My son suffered from pneumothorax just ten days back and had a chest tube put in. He was discharged after three days of Oxygen treatment and removal of that chest tube. Now he is finding it very difficult ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Grzegorz Stanko ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

My friend was diagnosed with paraseptal emphysema when he was treated for a second pneumothorax about 4 years ago. He is tall and very very thin and he continues to smoke. what is his prognosis? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.     Jnikolla MD

. Since no improvement is it possible this is a pneumothorax and will need treatment. Specialist did ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jnikolla ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

I was in the hospital 6/5 to6/8 diagnosed with pneumothorax . they put a tube in my chest and when it cleared up sent me home. Now three weeks later I have discomfort in my upper chest, if I take deep ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)

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Dr.  Vandana Khare MD

certificate he died from tension pneumothorax and internal bleeding. There were no faulty equipment at the ...Hi , my father was exposed to agent orange in Vietnam War. He passed away in 1988 from... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vandana Khare ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr.  Shinas Hussain MD

unremarkable. What does this mean? Im afraid what happened to me last 2012 could happen again which was Tension Pneumothorax that led me dead for 3 minutes. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shinas Hussain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Satyadeo Choubey MD

I am a 28 year old, active female. In January I was rushed into hospital with spontaneous pneumothorax, it was collapsed at 90% and bordered a tension pneumothorax. I received numerous lung drains ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Satyadeo Choubey ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

treatment and prognosis? ...3 episodes of left sided spontaneous pneumothorax( lung function test - normal onset and clearance ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

hi my son is 16 years old he had pnumothorax last year and he had pnuemomedistrain past month,he admited to hospital,there was no treatment done.Now iam freaking out all the time if that happen to him ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)