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Miscellanea
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False. By definition primary spontaneous pneumothoraces occur in patients without clinically apparent underlying lung disease, and are thought to occur secondary to rupture of pleurally based blebs.
True, with a male to female ratio of approximately 6 to 1.1 2
False. A 2007 Cochrane review of the subject concluded that the best evidence suggests there is no …
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