A Review of Spontaneous Pneumothorax

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A quick overview of pneumothorax for the EM physician: the what, why, diagnosis, and treatment. Hosts: Joe Offenbacher, MD Audrey Tse, MD https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Pneumothorax_CoreEM_podcast.mp3 Download One Comment Tags: #pneumothorax #FOAMed S ...  Show more

In this episode I cover pneumothorax.

If you want to follow along with written notes on pneumothorax go to zerotofinals.com/pneumothorax/ or find the respiratory section in the Zero to Finals medicine book.

This episode covers the causes, investigations and m ...

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