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Left-sided pneumothorax on admission chest radiograph. Figure 2. Improvement in pneumothorax after placement of chest tube (arrow).
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A male infant born at 34 weeks’ gestation presented with acute cardiorespiratory decompensation soon after birth followed by renal failure. Initial clinical course was complicated by ventilator requirement, bilateral pneumothoraces, and hypotension managed with multiple inotropes. Persistent renal failure with oliguria and renal ultrasound showing...
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... infant was subsequently admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit for further management of prematurity and respiratory distress for which he was intubated and given surfactant. Chest radiographs revealed bilateral pneumothoraces that were managed with chest tube drainage (Figures 1 and 2). Sepsis evaluation was done, and he was started on empiric antibiotics. ...
