Article
Mortality and Prognostic Factors for Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Older Adults: A Retrospective Study
2023-03-01
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs predominantly in young males and older adults, in whom it is often secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or interstitial lung disease (ILDs) and can be refractory and fatal. We aimed to investigate the mortality and prognostic factors for pneumothorax in older patients. Methods We retrospectively studied patients with pneu...
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- eee396d9-4739-501a-80bd-93d92114d7a9
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2622853/v1
