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Complications
By Mayo Clinic staffComplications from an injury-related or disease-related pneumothorax include:
- Recurrence. Many people who have had one pneumothorax have another, usually within three years of the first.
- Persistent air leak. Air may sometimes continue to leak if the opening in the lung won't close. Surgery may eventually be needed to close the air leak.
Severe pneumothorax
Complications of a severe pneumothorax may include:
- Low blood oxygen levels (hypoxemia)
- Cardiac arrest
- Respiratory failure
- Shock
References
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- Light RW. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax in adults. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Jan. 26, 2011.
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