If a person is hemodynamically stable, a healthcare professional may use a chest X-ray to confirm a tension pneumothorax diagnosis. If the chest X-ray is unclear, they may also use a chest CT scan ...

Chest X-ray showing collapsed lung, or pneumothorax. Image courtesy of Rachael Callcut, MD. New artificial intelligence-powered technology may soon help reduce delays in diagnosing a collapsed lung, ...

Pneumothorax occurs when air gets in between the lung and the chest wall, causing the lung to collapse. It can cause pain and extreme worry and certain cases can be life-threatening. This article ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a medical robotic system to relieve a life-threatening tension pneumothorax in the chest cavity. The researchers are presenting ...

Chest x-ray results take more than 10 minutes to obtain, complications cannot be detected during the procedure, and chest x-ray can detect a pneumothorax with only 50% sensitivity in a supine patient.

Three of these presented no pulmonary lesion on the x-ray film, 2 showed calcified, ... Simultaneous Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax, Chest, 105, 4, (1142-1146), ...