This week we speak again to Dr Deirdre Fitzgerald on pneumothorax. We cover it all; the typical presentation, the diagnosis, categories of pneumothorax and management updates in the last 12 months. We discuss trends in the field of pleural disease and what to expect with respect to

changes in guidelines in the coming years.

Chapters

00.45 Introduction

01.00 Rapid fire round

01.50 Diagnosis of pneumothorax

02.30 Tests to do at presentation/ prior to referral

05.25 Initial management; does the size of the pneumothorax matter?

08.00 Conservative management of pneumothorax; the evidence

09.00 Medical management of pneumothorax

12.18 Chest drain specifics

15.28 Suction; the evidence

17.03 Removing the chest drain

17.38 Surgical management

19.08 Post pneumothorax guidance

21.23 Pitfalls in management of pneumothorax

22.28 Recent breakthroughs in pneumothorax management

Show notes

ERS 2024 guidelines on spontaneous pneumothorax https://publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/63/5/2300797

High flow oxygen papers https://www.bmj.com/content/4/5779/86,

https://karger.com/res/article-abstract/44/2/147/286426/Noninvasive-Treatment-of Pneumothorax-with-Oxygen?redirectedFrom=fulltext

BTS pleural guidelines 2023 https://thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/1143