• Eirini Terzi, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Georgios Dryllis, Ioannis Kioumis, Georgia Pitsiou, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Sofia Lampaki, Antonis Papaiwannou, Theodora Tsiouda, Athanasios Madesis, Theodoros Karaiskos, Bojan Zaric, Perin Branislav, and Paul Zarogoulidis.
• 1 Internal Medicine Department-Unit of Infectious Diseases, "AHEPA" Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece ; 2 Pulmonary Department, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece ; 3 Surgery Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece ; 4 Hematology Department, "Laiko" University General Hospital, Athens, Greece ; 5 Obstetric-Gynecology Department, "Thriassio" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece ; 6 Internal Medicine Department, "Theiageneio" Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece ; 7 Thoracic Surgery Department, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece ; 8 Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for Thoracic Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
• J Thorac Dis. 2014 Oct 1; 6 (Suppl 4): S435-42.

AbstractAcute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) can occur during the treatment of several diseases and in several interventional procedures as a complication. It is a difficult situation to handle and special care should be applied to the patients. Mechanical ventilation is used for these patients and several parameters are changed constantly until compliance is achieved. However, a complication that is observed during the application of positive airway pressure is pneumothorax. In our current work we will present definition and causes of pneumothorax in the setting of intensive care unit (ICU). We will identify differences and similarities of this situation and present treatment options.

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