The most common treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax is drainage, sometimes progressing to surgical intervention. An alternative approach, conservative management, may be associated with lower risk ...

Liz Allibone, BSc, RGN, Cert Health Promotion, is nurse teacher, Department of Nursing Development and Quality, Royal Brompton Hospital, London The insertion of a chest drain can be a frightening ...

An advanced nurse practitioner in a large thoracic surgical ward at a regional centre developed a nurse-led chest drain clinic. The new service was designed to safely discharge patients who need ...

Pneumothorax, commonly known as a collapsed lung, occurs when air leaks into the space between the lung and the chest wall (pleural space), causing the lung to collapse partially or completely. Early ...

Whether conservative management is an acceptable alternative to interventional management for uncomplicated, moderate-to-large primary spontaneous pneumothorax is unknown. In this open-label, ...