| 11. | A lung biopsy also may cause leakage of air, called pneumothorax.
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| 12. | Treatment varies, depending on the severity of the pneumothorax.
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| 13. | It can also result from acute changes associated with bronchospasm and pneumothorax.
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| 14. | A small pneumothorax might resolve without active treatment in one to two weeks.
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| 15. | While convalescing Bethune read about a radical new treatment for tuberculosis called pneumothorax.
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| 16. | In traumatic pneumothorax, chest tubes are usually inserted.
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| 17. | Tension pneumothorax is usually treated with urgent needle decompression.
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| 18. | Asthma, Marfan syndrome, and COPD have very high risk of pneumothorax.
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| 19. | Infrequently, patients with pneumothorax may develop spontaneous hemothorax.
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| 20. | When chest tube clogging occurs, the pneumothorax or subcutaneous emphysema can recur.
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