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The Needle Vs. The Knife for Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Closer Look at the EXPRED Study

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Sites: Investigators recruited patients at 31 French emergency departments at university and nonuniversity hospitals Duration : June 1, 2009 to March 31, 2015. Funding: The Cardinal Health Laboratory provided Turkel thoracentesis kits to two hospitals Trial Registry: Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01008228.

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The RAMPP Trial: Randomised Ambulatory Management of Primary Pneumothorax

REBEL EM

However, management continues to be debated and may lead to unnecessary hospitalization. PMID: 32622394 Clinical Question: Can ambulatory management of patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax reduce the length of hospitalization? Often patients are otherwise young and healthy. Paper: Hallifax RJ et al. 2020;396(10243):39-49.