Q: In spontaneous pneumothorax (PTX), what is the characteristic of leucocytosis?
Answer: There is less likelihood of left shift
Although there is no confirmatory lab test to confirm pneumothorax, sizeable PTX always leads to some degree of leucocytosis but characteristically left shift is usually absent.
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More readings:
1. Richard W Light, Clinical presentation and diagnosis of pneumothorax. uptodate.com, last updated: Apr 15, 2019.
2. T. I. Akcam, O. Kavurmaci, A. G. Ergonul et al., “Analysis of the patients with simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax,” The Clinical Respiratory Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1207–1211, 2018.
3. O. Bintcliffe and N. Maskell, “Spontaneous pneumothorax,” BMJ, vol. 348, Article ID 2928, 2014
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