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MARIN PEREZ, Alfredo L et al. Pneumothorax in patients with AIDS: Update on the theme. Rev. Med. Electrón. [online]. 2010, vol.32, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1684-1824.

Pneumothorax as a Pneumocistis carinii pneumonia complication in patients with AIDS is very frequent since the pandemic beginnings in 1982, and it is accompanied by a high mortality. In this work we report a series of 25 patients with Pneumothorax as a Pneumocistis carinii pneumonia complication in patients with AIDS, treated by the authors during five years of discontinuous work in the Southern Africa cone: three years in South Africa and two years in Zimbabwe. We report demographic data, the status of the patients when they arrived to the Surgery Service and their evolution after surgery. Thoracotomy was needed in eight patients (32 %), ten patients needed intensive care (40 %), and the global mortality was 32 %. We review the updated information on the theme, emphasizing the most accepted therapeutic guidelines at the international level.

Palabras clave : PNEUMOTHORAX [etiology]; PNEUMOTHORAX [mortality]; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS [mortality]; HIV INFECTIONS [complications]; HIV INFECTIONS [mortality]; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS [etiology]; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTI [mortality]; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; THORACOTOMY [methods]; THORACOTOMY [mortality]; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA [etiology]; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA [mortality]; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS ; INTENSIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS ; FACTORES DE EDAD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES ; EPIDEMIOLOGY, DESCRIPTIVE; HUMANS; ADULT; AFRICA; ZIMBABWE; SOUTH AFRICA.

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