Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Pneumothorax in Pneumoconiosis Patients

Ping-Yang Hong's retrospective cohort study analyzes 42 patients with pneumoconiosis and pneumothorax admitted to a tertiary hospital in China from January 2020 to July 2025. The dataset likely contains clinical characteristics, laboratory and imaging findings, management strategies, and in-hospital outcomes for these patients. Subgroup comparisons between first-time and recurrent pneumothorax cases are included.

Use Cases

• Analyze clinical characteristics and outcomes of pneumothorax in pneumoconiosis based on the patient cohort description
• Compare hospital stay duration and chest tube duration between first-time and recurrent pneumothorax cases based on subgroup analysis mentioned
• Study the association between pneumoconiosis stage and pneumothorax incidence based on the high prevalence of stage III disease reported
• Investigate treatment strategies for pneumothorax in pneumoconiosis based on the described use of chest tube drainage, pleurodesis, thoracoscopy, and bronchoscopic occlusion

Strengths

• Dataset includes 42 patient records with detailed clinical data.
• Provides specific statistical results, such as median chest tube duration (15.5 vs. 4.5 days) and hospital stay length (19.5 vs. 9.0 days) for subgroup comparisons.
• Contains demographic breakdowns: 40 men and 2 women, mean age 57.4 years, 73.8% smokers.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single tertiary hospital in China, which may reflect geographic and institutional bias.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Retrospective analysis of patient records.

Time Range

January 2020 to July 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 05:57:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China (tertiary university-affiliated hospital)