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Optimal postoperative chest tube and pain management in patients surgically treated for primary spontaneous pneumothorax; a randomized controlled trial.

Our objective is to compare the efficacy of early chest tube removal combined with single-shot PVB versus standard treatment (chest tube for at least 3 days and thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA)) after surgery for PSP. Efficacy is defined as…

Development and validation of a psychological measure and derived short screener to
estimate the risk to develop personality disorders based upon the taxation of ultra-high risk
domains

The prognostic accuracy of combining these four criteria to predict the later development of personality disorders (with/without psychosocial breakdown) is investigated in a longitudinal study. From this, a selection of items with the strongest…