| 31. | The explosion caused damage to young Black Jack's lungs, giving him pneumothorax.
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| 32. | Mortality is four times higher when pneumothorax is not diagnosed immediately and treatment is delayed.
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| 33. | A pneumothorax can be spontaneous, caused by existing lung disease, or by trauma.
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| 34. | As soon as the pneumothorax is treated, the tracheal deviation also will resolve itself.
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| 35. | The condition, known as pneumothorax, can cause the lung to collapse if left untreated.
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| 36. | In 1941, the surgeons Tyson and Crandall introduced pleural abrasion for the treatment of pneumothorax.
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| 37. | Dr von Muralt suggested that a so-called left-sided pneumothorax should be performed.
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| 38. | No difference emerged in the incidence of pneumothorax in patients who traveled by ground versus air.
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| 39. | This resulted in the introduction of active therapy in the form of artifical pneumothorax and surgical methods.
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| 40. | Czech high jumper Tomas Janku has been hospitalized with spontaneous pneumothorax and may miss the Athens Olympics.
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