Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Management and Prognosis

Cassandra Gilday; Adesola Odunayo; Adrien-Maxence Hespel

doi:10.1016/j.tcam.2021.100582

Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Management and Prognosis

Top Companion Anim Med. 2021 Nov:45:100582. doi: 10.1016/j.tcam.2021.100582. Epub 2021 Sep 10.

Authors

Cassandra Gilday¹, Adesola Odunayo², Adrien-Maxence Hespel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA. Electronic address: cgilday97@gmail.com.
² Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.

PMID: 34509664
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcam.2021.100582

Abstract

This review article will review treatment and prognosis of spontaneous pneumothorax in dogs and cats. The advantages of surgical and medical management in dogs and cats, as well as current treatment practices, including autologous blood pleurodesis and small-bore chest tubes, will be discussed.

Keywords: blebs; bullae; pleurodesis; spontaneous pneumothorax; thoracostomy tubes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Cat Diseases* / diagnosis
Cat Diseases* / therapy
Cats
Dog Diseases* / diagnosis
Dog Diseases* / therapy
Dogs
Pneumothorax* / diagnosis
Pneumothorax* / therapy
Pneumothorax* / veterinary
Prognosis