Accidental iatrogenic pneumothorax in hospitalized patients.

Chunliu Zhan; Maureen Smith; Daniel Stryer

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Accidental iatrogenic pneumothorax in hospitalized patients.

March 15, 2006

Zhan C, Smith M, Stryer D. Med Care. 2006;44(2):182-186.

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This Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)–sponsored study looked at the incidence of accidental iatrogenic pneumothorax (AIP) in patients who underwent certain procedures. They found that AIP occurred most frequently after thoracentesis, but also during other procedures.

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