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"Walking together in kindness" artwork produced for Gold Coast Health by Riki Salam, We are 27 Creative.Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a collapsed lung with air in the pleural cavity that occurs without a clinically apparent underlying lung disease. Over time this condition has been treated more often with interventional approaches such as a chest drain. The reasons for this are unclear and this approach has recently been questioned in scientific literature.
The research was a multi-site randomised trial of more than 300 patients in over 25 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand, which compared intervention with observation alone.
The study results will largely impact on current medical practice and international consensus guidelines. It will also be of large economic interest for admissions and associated procedures.
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“To challenge this dogma of putting a drain in anybody with a certain size pneumothorax will make clinicians think critically and consider doing nothing when safe. Such an approach may reduce harm, save resources and be more acceptable to both staff and patients.”
