Measurement of intrapleural pressure in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax: a pilot study

Abstract Background The initial management of pneumothorax remains controversial, and we speculated that this might be because there is no method available for evaluation of air leak during initial management. We have developed a system for measurement of intrapleural pressure in pneumothorax to add...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Kaneda, Takahito Nakano, Tomohiro Murakawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-019-1038-9