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Correspondence
Acronyms, pneumothoraces and the impact of international health on the NHS
  1. John Charles Furness
  1. Correspondence to Dr John Charles Furness, Departments of Paediatrics, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, Durham, DL3 6HX, UK; furgo{at}doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201987

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    I read the latest Issue of Thorax with amusement and frustration.

    I could not resist your challenge in your Editorial, ‘Pre-drainage tension’, triggered by letters from Drs Simpson and Leigh Smith1 ,2 to make a ridiculous acronym.3

    My understanding of pneumothorax was that it is due to a loss of the negative intrapleural pressure that overcomes the elastic recoil of the pulmonary tissues. Once this vacuum is …

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