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Management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax by intensivists: an international survey

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Abbreviations

PSP:

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) for endorsing this survey, particularly Guy François for organizational aspects and Prof. Jacques Duranteau for reviewing the survey.

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  1. Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, DHU A-TVB, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, Service de Réanimation Médicale, 51, Avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010, Créteil Cedex, France

    Damien Contou, Keyvan Razazi, Guillaume Carteaux, Armand Mekontso Dessap & Nicolas de Prost

  2. Université Paris Est Créteil, Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, Groupe de Recherche CARMAS, 94010, Créteil, France

    Damien Contou, Keyvan Razazi, Guillaume Carteaux, Armand Mekontso Dessap & Nicolas de Prost

  3. Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, DHU A-TVB, Antenne de Pneumologie, 94010, Créteil, France

    Fréderic Schlemmer & Bernard Maitre

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Contou, D., Schlemmer, F., Maitre, B. et al. Management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax by intensivists: an international survey. Intensive Care Med 42, 1508–1510 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4436-y

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