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Original Article
Pulmonary Air Leak Syndrome Associated with Respiratory Diseasein Infancy and Childhood
Hae Kyung Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(2):189-193.   Published online February 15, 1997
Purpose : Pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema rarely complicate pediatric respiratory disease such as bronchial asthma, bronchiolitis, bronchopneumonia. But physicians unfamiliar with natural history of these complications may feel that surgical intervention is necessary. So this study was done to to recognize the pulmonary air leak syndrome associated with respiratory disease in infancy and childhood. Methods : I reviewed retrospectively the medical...