Primary and Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Prevalence, Clinical Features, and In-Hospital Mortality.

. Optimal treatment practices and factors associated with in-hospital mortality in spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) are not fully understood. We evaluated prevalence, clinical characteristics, and in-hospital mortality among Japanese patients with primary or secondary SP (PSP/SSP).

[Patient who developed acute myocardial infarction after total-gastrectomy].

We report a case of a man who underwent coronary artery stent placement, and developed acute myocardial infarction immediately after total-gastrectomy. Thirty-seven days before surgery, he developed an AMI due to 90% stenosis of #1 of the right coronary artery, for which a bare-metal stent was inserted. After the procedure, the patient took aspirin and ticlopidine, which were discontinued preoperatively.