Byung Mo Gu, Ho Hyun Ko, Yong Joon Ra, Hee Sung Lee, Hyoung Soo Kim, Hong Kyu Lee
Background: We aimed to investigate the characteristics of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) in adolescents and to analyze the relationship between the occurrence of PSP and air pollutants. Methods: Data pertaining to age, sex, body mass index, smoking status, initial pneumothorax volume, presence of bullae, treatment methods, and city of residence were retrospectively obtained from January 2010 to December 2014. We investigated the association between short-term exposure to air pollutants (SO2 , NO2 , O3 , CO, and PM10 ) and the occurrence of PSP using a case-crossover design with conditional logistic regression...
November 18, 2020: Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery