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Spontaneous Pneumothorax
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Calling Your Health Care Provider
Call your health care provider if severe shortness of breath develops.
Call your health care provider if you have had a spontaneous pneumothorax and you experience the same or similar symptoms again.
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• Definition
• Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Symptoms & Signs
• Prevention
• Diagnosis & Tests
• Treatment
• Prognosis
• Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Pneumothorax
Tests & Exams
• Chest X-Ray
Other Topics
• Aspiration
• Auscultation
• Breath Sounds
• Breathing Difficulty
• Bullae
• Chest Pain
• Cough
• Physical Examination
• Respiratory
Review Date : 1/26/2002
Reviewed By : David A. Kaufman, M.D., Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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