Pneumothorax

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Aortic rupture, chest X-ray	Chest tube insertion - series	Lungs	Pneumothorax - chest X-ray
Pneumothorax - series	Respiratory system

Air around the lung; Air outside the lung

There is no known prevention, other than to decrease risk by stopping smoking.

Murray J, Nadel J. Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2000. 

Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2002.

Review Date: 08/10/2005
Reviewed By: David A. Kaufman, M.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.