随着人口老龄化 ,老年自发性气胸发病率也在逐年增多。由于常伴有心、肺、脑等脏器病变 ,发病时病情危重。而呼吸衰竭、休克、心力衰竭等并发症常是老年自发性气胸病重的原因之一。现将我院 1995～ 1999年住院 45例老年自发性气胸并发症逐一分析 ,报道如下。1　临床资料1.1　一 With the population aging, the incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax is also increasing year by year. As often accompanied by heart, lung, brain and other organ diseases, the incidence of critically ill. And respiratory failure, shock, heart failure and other complications often elderly spontaneous pneumothorax one of the reasons. Now our hospital from 1995 to 1999 hospitalized 45 cases of spontaneous pneumothorax complications one by one analysis, reported as follows. 1 clinical data 1.1 one