Neonatal Medicine

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Characteristics of Pneumothorax in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

  • Lim, Ho-Seop (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Kim, Ho (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Jin, Jang-Yong (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Shin, Young-Lim (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Park, Jae-Ock (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Hwi (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Shin (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
  • Published : 2011.11.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The development of postnatal pneumothorax and its common causes and clinical aspects were studied to promote early diagnosis and proper management. Methods: A retrospective study of neonates who were hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit at Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital from 2001 to 2010 was performed. Term neonates were divided into a spontaneous pneumothorax group and a secondary pneumothorax group. The secondary group was divided into term and preterm groups. Results: Of 4,414 inpatients, 57 (1.3%) were diagnosed with pneumothorax. Of term newborn patients, 28 (80%) had a secondary pneumothorax, and seven (20%) had a spontaneous pneumothorax. No differences were observed for gender, birth weight, resuscitation, or duration of admission between the spontaneous and control groups. The duration of treatment with a thoracostomy (20 patients, 57%) was longer in the spontaneous group (5.4${\pm}$2.9 days vs. 2.7${\pm}$2.0 days) than that in the control group. Patients with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) developed a pneumothorax 22.8 hours after surfactant treatment, whereas patients with transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN), pneumonia, and meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) developed pneumothorax after 16.6 hours. Of 50 patients with a secondary pneumothorax, 19 (38%) had RDS, 11 (22%) had MAS, 7 (14%) had TTN, and six (12%) had pneumonia. Among term newborns, 42.9% were treated only with 100% oxygen. Among preterm newborns, 72.6% and 27.3% needed a thoracostomy or ventilator care, respectively. Conclusion: A pneumothorax is likely to develop when pulmonary disease occurs in neonates. Therefore, it is important to carefully identify pneumothorax and provide appropriate treatment.

목적: 신생아기에 기흉 발생과 관련된 호발 요인 및 각 원인에 따른 임상 양상을 조사하여 조기 진단 및 치료 효과 향상을 도모하기 위해 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법: 2001년부터 2010년까지 순천향대학교 부천병원 신생아 집중치료실에서 기흉으로 진단받은 환아를 대상으로 후향적으로 조사하였다. 만삭아에서 발생한 원발성 기흉군과 이차성 기흉군으로 분류하였고, 이차성 기흉군에서 만삭아군과 미숙아군으로 분류하여 비교 분석하였다. 결과: 총 입원 환자 4,414명 중 57명(1.3%)이 기흉으로 진단받았고 만삭아 이차성 기흉 28명(80%), 만삭아 원발성 기흉 7명(20%)이었다. 두 군간의 성별, 출생 체중, 심폐소생술의 종류, 입원기간에 의미있는 통계학적 차이는 없었다. 흉강 삽관술 시행한 환자(20명, 57%)에서 호전까지의 기간은 원발성 기흉군에서 의미있게 길었다(5.4${\pm}$2.9일 vs. 2.7${\pm}$2.0일). 만삭아 이차성 기흉군에서 신생아 호흡곤란 증후군 선행 환자에서 폐표면활성제 투여 후 22.8시간에 기흉이 발생하였고, 태변 흡입 증후군, 폐렴, 신생아 일과성 빈호흡 환자에서는 16.6시간 후에 기흉이 발생하였다. 이차성 기흉군에서 신생아 호흡곤란 증후군(19명, 38%), 태변 흡입 증후군(11명, 22%), 신생아 일과성 빈호흡(7명, 14%), 폐렴(6명, 12%)이 선행되었다. 이차성 기흉군의 만삭아군에서 환자의 42.9%가 100% 산소 치료만으로 호전되었다. 미숙아군에서는 환자의 72.6%에서 흉강삽관술 및 27.3%에서 인공 기계 환기 치료를 필요로 했다. 결론: 신생아 시기에 폐질환이 존재시 기흉이 호발하였다. 따라서 기흉 속발 여부를 주의 깊게 관찰하고 증상에 맞는 적절한치료가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

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