MILD SYMPTOMS IN PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM

Roxana CHELER; Siegfried ALBU; Adriana BIDICĂ

MILD SYMPTOMS IN PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM

RO

Roxana CHELER¹

SI

Siegfried ALBU²

AD

Adriana BIDICĂ³

¹ MD, Emergency Unit, Emergency Universitary Clinical Hospital, Bucharest

² MD, Emergency Unit, Emergency Universitary Clinical Hospital, Bucharest

³ MD, Emergency Unit, Emergency Universitary Clinical Hospital, Bucharest

Corresponding author: [email protected]

Accepted 27 March 2026

Available Online 15 December 2014

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES THE CASES OF PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX PRESENTED IN THE EMERGENCY UNIT OF THE EMERGENCY UNIVERSITARY CLINICAL HOSPITAL BUCHAREST IN THE PERIOD JANUARY – DECEMBER 2014. IT EMPHASIZES THE HIGH FREQU ENCY OF CASES SHOWING ONLY MILD SYMPTOMS, IN YOUNG PATIENTS, AND THE RISK OF UNDERDIAGNOSIS OF THE CONDITION.

Keywords

PNEUMOTHORAX SPONTANEOUS MILD SYMPTOMS SMOKERS YOUNG

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