Prevalence and risk factors of pneumothorax among patients admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Objective: Pneumothorax should be considered a medical emergency and requires a high index of suspicion and prompt recognition and intervention.

Aims: The objective of the study was to evaluate cases developing pneumothorax following admission to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) over a 5-year period.

Settings And Design: Case notes of all PICU patients (n = 1298) were reviewed, revealing that 135 cases (10.