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Mahmood I, Tawfeek Z, El-Menyar A, et al. Outcome of concurrent occult hemothorax and pneumothorax in trauma patients who required assisted ventilation. Emerg Med Int. 2015;2015:859130doi: 10.1155/2015/859130.
Mahmood, I., Tawfeek, Z., El-Menyar, A., Zarour, A., Afifi, I., Kumar, S., Peralta, R., Latifi, R., & Al-Thani, H. (2015). Outcome of concurrent occult hemothorax and pneumothorax in trauma patients who required assisted ventilation. Emergency medicine international, 2015859130. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/859130
Mahmood, Ismail, et al. "Outcome of concurrent occult hemothorax and pneumothorax in trauma patients who required assisted ventilation." Emergency medicine international vol. 2015 (2015): 859130. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/859130
Mahmood I, Tawfeek Z, El-Menyar A, Zarour A, Afifi I, Kumar S, Peralta R, Latifi R, Al-Thani H. Outcome of concurrent occult hemothorax and pneumothorax in trauma patients who required assisted ventilation. Emerg Med Int. 2015;2015:859130. doi: 10.1155/2015/859130. Epub 2015 Feb 16. PMID: 25785199; PMCID: PMC4345256.
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Emerg Med Int. 2015;2015:859130. doi: 10.1155/2015/859130. Epub 2015 Feb 16.

Outcome of concurrent occult hemothorax and pneumothorax in trauma patients who required assisted ventilation.

Emergency medicine international

Ismail Mahmood, Zainab Tawfeek, Ayman El-Menyar, Ahmad Zarour, Ibrahim Afifi, Suresh Kumar, Ruben Peralta, Rifat Latifi, Hassan Al-Thani

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
  2. Department of Emergency, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
  3. Clinical Research, Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar ; Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical School, P.O. Box 24144, Doha, Qatar ; Internal Medicine, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.

PMID: 25785199 PMCID: PMC4345256 DOI: 10.1155/2015/859130

Abstract

Background. The management and outcomes of occult hemopneumothorax in blunt trauma patients who required mechanical ventilation are not well studied. We aimed to study patients with occult hemopneumothorax on mechanical ventilation who could be carefully managed without tube thoracostomy. Methods. Chest trauma patients with occult hemopneumothorax who were on mechanical ventilation were prospectively evaluated. The presence of hemopneumothorax was confirmed by CT scanning. Hospital length of stay, complications, and outcome were recorded. Results. A total of 56 chest trauma patients with occult hemopneumothorax who were on ventilatory support were included with a mean age of 36 ± 13 years. Hemopneumothorax was managed conservatively in 72% cases and 28% underwent tube thoracostomy as indicated. 29% of patients developed pneumonia, 16% had Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), and 7% died. Thickness of hemothorax, duration of mechanical ventilation, and development of ARDS were significantly associated with tube thoracostomy in comparison to no-chest tube group. Conclusions. The majority of occult hemopneumothorax can be carefully managed without tube thoracostomy in patients who required positive pressure ventilation. Tube thoracotomy could be restricted to those who had evidence of increase in the size of the hemothorax or pneumothorax on follow-up chest radiographs or developed respiratory compromise.

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