Pneumothorax causes: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
Pneumothorax can also occur as part of medical procedures, such as the insertion of a [[central venous catheter]] (an [[intravenous]] catheter) in the[[subclavian vein]] or [[jugular vein]]. While rare, it is considered a serious complication and needs immediate treatment. Other causes include[[mechanical ventilation]], [[emphysema]] and rarely other lung diseases ([[pneumonia]]). | Pneumothorax can also occur as part of medical procedures, such as the insertion of a [[central venous catheter]] (an [[intravenous]] catheter) in the[[subclavian vein]] or [[jugular vein]]. While rare, it is considered a serious complication and needs immediate treatment. Other causes include [[mechanical ventilation]], [[emphysema]] and rarely other lung diseases ([[pneumonia]]). | ||
===Causes in alphabetical order=== | ===Causes in alphabetical order=== | ||
*[[Acupuncture]] | *[[Acupuncture]] | ||
Revision as of 04:52, 17 September 2012
Please help WikiDoc by adding more content here. It's easy! Click here to learn about editing.
|
Pneumothorax Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Pneumothorax causes On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Pneumothorax causes |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Causes
Pneumothorax can also occur as part of medical procedures, such as the insertion of a central venous catheter (an intravenous catheter) in thesubclavian vein or jugular vein. While rare, it is considered a serious complication and needs immediate treatment. Other causes include mechanical ventilation, emphysema and rarely other lung diseases (pneumonia).
Causes in alphabetical order
- Acupuncture
- Bacterial pneumonia with abscess
- Barotrauma
- Blunt trauma
- Bronchial asthma
- Cancer
- Catamenial pneumothorax (due to endometriosis in the chest cavity)
- Central bronchial carcinoma
- Coccidiomycosis
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Emphysema
- Eosinophilic Granuloma
- Hydatid lung disease
- Lung emphysema
- Marfan's Syndrome
- Mechanical ventilation
- Medastinal emphysema
- Paragonimiasis
- Positive end expiratory pressure or PEEP
- Pneumoconiosis
- Penetrating trauma
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
- Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
- Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
- Pulmonary lymphangiomatoid granulomatosis
- Pulmonary hemosiderosis
- Rheumatoid lung disease
- Rupture of cysts
- Sarcoidosis
- Spontaneously (most commonly in tall slim young males and in Marfan syndrome)
- Sudden chest compression
- Tuberculosis