0 the presence of air or gas between the pleura (= the membrane surrounding the lungs) and the lungs, causing a lung to collapse --
A hemothorax, pneumothorax or both can occur if the chest wall is punctured.
Indeed, each case of this unfortunate disease is different and not every case requires a pneumothorax.
I have no exact information as to the extent to which pneumothorax treatment is practised in connection with tuberculosis schemes.
Minor collapse therapy such as artificial pneumothorax induction has been virtually abandoned.
The term "active"is taken as meaning"unhealed," and covers cases with artificial pneumothorax in whom the disease is considered to be unhealed.
The stability of intracellular recordings was improved by bilateral pneumothorax, draining the cisterna magna, suspending the hip and filling the hole made for recording with a solution of agar (4%).
The stability of intracellular recordings was ensured by cisternal drainage, bilateral pneumothorax, hip suspension and by filling the hole over the thalamus with 4% agar solution.
They estimate the incidence of complications of general anesthesia as 2-3 per 1,000 and list hypoxia, aspiration pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, hypotension, gastric perforation, and death as possible complications.
