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What Are The Survival Chances After Lung Collapse?
Hi, My cousin was diagnosed with pneumonia a few weeks ago and has been on a breathing tube. However the doctors have now told us she has a collapsed lung and they will be inserting a tube to help the lung back to normal. How long does this procedure take and what are her survival chances?
Mon, 30 Oct 2017
in young age its good survival if tube is placed corretly and also patient has not other comorbid disease. it take whenever your cousin not get cured by pneumonia and also good self breathing. if any complication occur during tubing and his oxygen saturation then survival is less
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