"Pneumothorax, Artificial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Injection of air or a more slowly absorbed gas such as nitrogen, into the pleural space to collapse the lung. It was formerly used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis. (From Stedman, 26th ed & Dorland, 28th ed)
Concept/Terms
Pneumothorax, Artificial- Pneumothorax, Artificial
- Artificial Pneumothorax
- Artificial Pneumothoraxs
- Pneumothoraxs, Artificial
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pneumothorax, Artificial".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pneumothorax, Artificial".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pneumothorax, Artificial" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Pneumothorax, Artificial" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumothorax, Artificial" by people in Profiles.
-
Purposeful creation of a pneumothorax and chest tube placement to facilitate CT-guided coil localization of lung nodules before video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical wedge resection. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2014 Jul; 25(7):1133-8.
-
Tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, and infertility: what ailed George Orwell? Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Dec 01; 41(11):1599-603.
-
Chest tube suction-associated unilateral negative pressure pulmonary edema in a lung transplant patient. Anesth Analg. 2005 Jul; 101(1):38-40, table of contents.
-
Detection of Epstein-Barr virus in a pyothorax-associated lymphoma with T-cell phenotype. Haematologica. 2002 Aug; 87(8):ECR28.
-
Decortication is a valuable option for late empyema after collapse therapy. Ann Thorac Surg. 1995 Oct; 60(4):888-95.
-
Frequent chest X-ray fluoroscopy and breast cancer incidence among tuberculosis patients in Massachusetts. Radiat Res. 1991 Feb; 125(2):214-22.
-
Cancer mortality in women after repeated fluoroscopic examinations of the chest. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1981 May; 66(5):863-7.