慢性阻塞性肺疾病 (以下简称慢阻肺 )是呼吸系统常见病 ,易反复发作 ,一旦并发气胸 ,如不及时治疗 ,病情进展迅速 ,甚至死亡。我院自 1988年 1月～ 2 0 0 3年 4月共收治慢阻肺并发自发性气胸 5 7例 ,分析报告如下。1　临床资料1 1　一般资料　本组男 36例 ,女 2 1例 ,年龄 4 5 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (hereinafter referred to as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a common respiratory disease, easy to recurrent, once complicated with pneumothorax, if not treated, the rapid progression of the disease, or even death. Our hospital from January 1988 to April 2003 were treated COPD complicated with spontaneous pneumothorax 57 cases, the analysis report is as follows. 1 Clinical data 1 1 General Information The group of 36 males and 21 females, age 45