A punctured lung happens when air escapes from the lung into the chest cavity, causing pressure on the lung. Treatments for a punctured lung can include rest, oxygen therapy, or procedures like chest ...

Call 911 if someone has a chest wound. It's a potentially life-threatening injury caused by a gunshot wound or other object that leaves a hole for air to enter the chest cavity. Don't remove any ...

Chemical pleurodesis. The surgeon puts a chemical, usually talc, into the pleural space (the space between your lungs and your chest wall.)‌ Mechanical pleurodesis. The surgeon abrades (brushes) the ...

A 36-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax accompanied by acute chest pain and shortness of breath, an unusual occurrence, particularly ...

THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Clinical use of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated draft radiograph reports is associated with improved radiologist documentation efficiency while ...

Objectives This study was conducted to explore the association between pneumoconiosis and pneumothorax. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Nationwide population-based study using the Taiwan ...

Familial spontaneous pneumothorax (FSP) accounts for 10% of primary spontaneous pneumothoraces. Appropriate investigation of FSP enables early diagnosis of serious monogenic diseases and the practice ...

This article was originally posted Aug. 04, 2023. It has been updated with additional information, including resources, a video and products for treating a sucking chest wound. Thoracic trauma/chest ...

Introduction Fluoroquinolones can cause severe collagen-associated adverse effects, potentially impacting the pulmonary connective tissue. We investigated the association between fluoroquinolones and ...

Open enrollment is an annual window to enroll in, change, or cancel an insurance plan for you and your family for the upcoming year. There are open enrollment periods for insurance plans from the ACA ...

The OnePlus Open finds a happy medium between the Pixel Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 5 size-wise, but it’s too close in price to the incumbent foldables. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media ...