Pneumothorax Ppt For Nurses. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (psp) is a pneumothorax occurring in children without underlying lung disease and in the absence of provoking factors such as trauma,. A pneumothorax is a collection of air outside the lung but within the pleural cavity.

• pneumothorax is associated with a high mortality rate in patients with hiv infection with p carinii pneumonia. One of the gold signs of a pneumothorax is decreased or absent lung.