Meconium is your baby’s first stool, usually passed after birth. But sometimes, babies can pass it in the womb. If inhaled, it can lead to meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS), causing breathing ...

Credit: Getty Images Being male, tall, and thin is hypothesized to increase the chance of having a PSP because of “higher distention pressures at the lung apex,” which may lead to bleb and bullae ...

The following is a summary of “Simple aspiration for spontaneous pneumothorax in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials,” published in the June 2024 issue of ...

Citation: EMJ Respir. 2023;11[1]:22-24. DOI/10.33590/emjrespir/10308211. https://doi.org/10.33590/emjrespir/10308211. THE FIRST European guidelines for the management ...

All PSP management strategies had similar recurrence rates and observation had the lowest cost at $6408 CAD (vs $13,126 CAD for aspiration and $14,658 CAD for CT). Observation as a strategy for ...

Considering lung collapse (pneumothorax) affects 2-5% of 35 million feeding tube placements every year worldwide, the safe placement of a nasogastric feeding tube requires special medical care.

Chest X-ray of an infant What is the best approach to managing pediatric primary spontaneous pneumothorax? To answer this, researchers reviewed recent research and real-world experience. Among ...

aDepartment of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan bDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and ...