Table 4 Hospital mortality according to treatments for pneumothorax and success of chest tube removal
From: Pneumothorax in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a real-world experience
First admission | Total admission | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | Hospital death (%) | Number of patients | Hospital death (%) | |
All patients | 36 | 10 (27.7) | 58 | 14 (24.1) |
Observation only | 15 | 2 (13.3) | 29 | 3 (10.3) |
Chest tube | 21 | 8 (38.0) | 29 | 11 (37.9) |
Successful chest tube removal | 14 | 3 (21.4) | 17 | 3 (17.6) |
Failure of chest tube removal | 5 | 5 (100) | 8 | 8 (100) |
Removed with surgery | 2 | 0 (0) | 4 | 0 (0) |