TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum
A1  - Nagler, Joshua
A2  - Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2  - Chiang, Vincent W.
Y1  - 2017
N1  - 
T2  - Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
AB  - Pneumothorax  and  pneumomediastinum  are  examples  of  air  leak  syndromes  in  which  air  accumulates  in  the  spaces  outside  the  lung  airways  and  alveoli.  Pneumothorax  refers  to  the  abnormal  presence  of  air  in  the  pleural  space,  whereas  pneumomediastinum  describes  accumulation  of  air  in  the  mediastinum.  Air  leak  can  be  traumatic,  iatrogenic,  or  spontaneous.  Primary  air  leak  occurs  in  children  without  clinically  apparent  lung  disease,  and  secondary  pneumomediastinum  and  pneumothorax  refer  to  those  with  known  underlying  pulmonary  disease  (e.g.  asthma,  cystic  fibrosis).  Air  leak  secondary  to  barotrauma  from  positive-pressure  ventilation  or  after  surgery  is  commonly  categorized  as  iatrogenic.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/23
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146123459
ER  -