Abstract: Prolonged air leak is a complication arising from a collapsed lung which can lead to serious illness such as pneumonia and empyema, and patient suffering from indwelling chest tubes.

INTRODUCTION What has been published so far regarding safe methods to deal with chest tube insertion during COVID-19. METHODS A descriptive study of the literature available in the Medline/PubMed, ...

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Review question: Does the use of a needle to aspirate pneumothorax compared to an intercostal tube (a tube inserted between ribs) reduce mortality in newborns? Background: Pneumothorax is the presence ...