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ModerateRespiratoryPrimary spontaneous pneumothorax – managementuk-plab-1

A 22-year-old man presents with acute shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain and reduced breath sounds over the right hemithorax with hyper-resonance to percussion. He is not hypotensive and has only mild tachycardia. Chest X-ray confirms a 30% right pneumothorax without mediastinal shift. He is otherwise healthy. What is the most appropriate initial management?

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