TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Pneumothorax
A1  - Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1  - Eyal, Fabien G.
A1  - Bany-Mohammed, Fayez
PY  - 2020
T2  - Gomella's Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 8e
AB  - An  infant  with  respiratory  distress  may  have  a  pneumothorax.  A  pneumothorax  is  the  abnormal  accumulation  of  air  in  the  pleural  space,  between  the  visceral  and  parietal  pleura.  It  can  develop  spontaneously  (idiopathic  or  from  underlying  lung  disease)  or  be  secondary  to  trauma.  Pathophysiology  involves  an  increased  intra-alveolar  pressure,  which  causes  alveolar  rupture  and  results  in  interstitial  air;  this  air  then  dissects  along  the  perivascular  spaces  and  ruptures  into  the  pleural  space.  A  pneumothorax  occurs  more  commonly  in  the  neonatal  period  than  any  other  time  in  life.  Incidence  is  approximately  1%  to  2%  in  term  newborns  and  approximately  6%  in  premature  infants.  A  pneumothorax  is  generally  characterized  as  spontaneous,  traumatic,  tension,  or  persistent.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1168356988
ER  -