Breathwork: Update on diagnosis and management of Pneumothorax 2025 (Part 2)

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