TY  - JOUR
T1  - Childhood Pneumothoraces: A Preventable Cause of Mortality in the Third World
AU - , A. Aremu Ademola AU - , A. Oyedeji Olusola 
JO  - Surgery Journal
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
SP  - 91
EP  - 95
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-3211
DO  - sjour.2008.91.95
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sjour.2008.91.95
KW  - Childhood
KW  -pneumothorax
KW  -digonosis
KW  -mortality
KW  -radiological
AB  - Pneumothorax is an often easily managed medical condition mostly diagnosed by clinical evaluation and plain chest radiograph rather than exotic, often expensive and non readily available medical equipment. However, a rather unfortunate outcome of childhood pneumothoraces is observed in our environment mainly due to the effect of poverty, social disadvantage and ignorance. To highlight the effect of these factors on the morbidity and mortality of childhood pneumothoraces, we present 2 cases representing the secondary spontaneous and indirect traumatic types and also did a review of literature.
ER  -