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- Published on: 29 April 2016Management of primary and secondary spontaneous pneumothoraxShow More
Dear Editor,
There is paucity of data with regards to the management of primary and secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.
A study was conducted to evaluate whether patients with either primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax were managed according to current British Thoracic Society guidelines.
56 consecutive patients with spontaneous pneumothorax were assessed over a 12-month period. In patients with...
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016Response to Dr ChanShow More
Dear Editor
We thank Dr Chan for his further reponse 'error in citation' to the recently published BTS guidelines for the management of spontaneous pneumothorax.[1] Dr Chan has pointed out that our statement in a previous correspondence to him, that a 2cms rim of pneumothorax was a clear indication for use of an intercostal chest drain, was supported by the recent ACCP Delphi consensus document [2] is a error in...
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016Reply to Dr NgShow More
Dear Editor
We thank Dr Ng for his comments on the recently published guidelines on the management of spontaneous pneumothorax.[1] Dr Ng points out that recurrence rates for pneumothorax after VATS preventative procedures were lower than those quoted in the guidelines. It should be pointed out that in the multiple drafts of this document, it was recognised that recurrence rates after VATs were falling and that f...
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016Reference for evidence: error in citation?Show More
Dear Editor
I am grateful for Dr Henry's reply and further comments on 4 September, 2003.[1] Dr Henry stated that the use of '2 cm' correlating to '50%' as an indication for chest tube drainage in secondary spontaneous pneumothorax was supported by evidence, and that this had become a clear and unambiguous guideline. However, the evidence cited [2] was a 'consensus statement' by the American College of Chest Physici...
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016Author's ReplyShow More
Dear Editor
We thank Dr Chan for his comments relating to the recently published guidelines for the diagnosis and management of spontaneous pneumothorces.[1] Dr Chan raises the contentious issue of estimation of the size of a pneumothorax from a plain chest radiograph. We have attempted to use a variation of the method of Axel based on the largest distance from the chest wall to the pleural line and using the assum...
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016Paradigm shift in surgical approaches to spontaneous pneumothorax: VATSShow More
Dear Editor
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, it is the one most adaptable to change."
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)The article "BTS guidelines for the management of spontaneous pneumothorax" by Henry et al.[1] has recently stimulated some discussion among our respiratory physicians and thoracic surgeons.
We found it in...
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016Estimation of size of pneumothorax under the new BTS guidelinesShow More
Dear Editor
I read, with interest, the new BTS guidelines for the management of spontaneous pneumothorax.[1] Arnold and colleagues acknowledged that the plain radiograph was a poor method of quantifying the size of a pneumothorax, yet then went on to use one radiographic method of assessment to estimate the degree of lung collapse.
Under the new guidelines, the size of a pneumothorax is divided into "...
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016Primary spontaneous pneumothorax: evidence-based revision of management guidelinesShow More
Dear Editor
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines for the management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) recommend simple aspiration as the first line treatment for all cases of PSP requiring intervention.[1] However, studies in the UK have shown that compliance is poor, and that simple aspiration is under-utilised.[2,3] Henry et al suggested that poor compliance may be due to an unwillingness to...
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