Respir.Med and Res 83(2023)100999Available online atElsevier Masson FranceScienceDirectEMconsultewww.sciencedirect.comwww.em-consulte.comELSEVIERRecommendationsSPLF/SMFU/SRLF/SFAR/SFCTCV Guidelines for the management ofpatients with primary spontaneous pneumothoraxEndorsed by the French Speaking Society of Respiratory Diseases(SPLF),the French Soci-ety of Emergency Medicine(SFMU),the French Intensive Care Society(SRLF),the FrenchSociety of Anesthesia &Intensive Care Medicine(SFAR)and the French Society of Thoracicand Cardiovascular Surgery(SFCTCV)Stephane Jouneau*,Jean-Damien Ricard,Agathe Seguin-Givelet,Naike BigedDamien Contou,Thibaut Desmettre,Delphine Hugenschmitt=,Sabrina KepkaKarinne Le Gloan',Bernard Maitre',Gilles Mangiapank,Sylvain Marchand-Adam,Alessio Mariolo,Tania Marx',Jonathan Messika",Elise Noel-Savina,Mathieu OberlinP,Ludovic Palmier9,Morgan Perruez',Claire Pichereau',Nicolas Roche Marc Garnier",Mikael MartinezService de Pneumologie.Centre de Competences pour les Maladies Pulmonaires Rares.IRSET UMR1085.Universite de Rennes 1.Hapital Pontchaillou2 ne HenriLe Guilloux,35033 Rennes Cedex 9.Rennes 35033,FranceUniversite Paris Cite,AP-HP.DMU ESPRIT,Service de Medecine Intensive Reanimation,Hopital Louis Mourier,178 Rue des Renouillers 92700 Colombes:INSERMME U1137,Paris,FranceDepartement de Chinargie Irstint du Thorax Grie-Montsouris,Instinut Mutaliste Montsouris,et Universit Paris Sorbonne Cie,42 Bd Jourdan,Puris 75014 FrarceGustave Roussy,DepartementIrterdisciplinaire dOrganisation du Parcours Patiert,Medecine Intersive Reanimation,114 Rue Edourd Vaillant,Villejuif94805 FrarceReanimation Polyvalente,Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy,69,rue du Lieutenant-colonel Prudhon,Argenteuil 95107.FranceEmergency Department.CHU Besanpon Laboratory Chrono-environnement.UMR 6249 Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique,Universite BourgogneFranche-Comte,3 Bd Alexandre Fleming.Besanon 25000,FranceSamu-Smur 69,CHU Edouard-Herriot,Hospices Civils de Lyon,5 PL dArsonval,Lyon 69003,FranceEmergency Department.Hopitaux Universitaires de Srsboug.Icube UMR 7357.1 place deThipital Strasboug BP42667091.FranceEmergency Department,centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes,5 AlL de Ille Gloriette,Nantes 44000,FranceAbbrevintions:ACCP.American College of Chest Physicians;AE,Adverse Effect:BHD.Isabelle Boust.Thibaut Desmettre,Florence Dumas,Olivier Ganansia,Yann Penverne.Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome;BSP.Belgian Society of Pulmonology:BTS.British ThoracicPatrick Ray.Delphine Hugenschmitt,Stephane Travers,Yann Erick Claessens,YouriSociety:CEP.French College of Respiratory Teachers;COPD,Chronic Obstructive PulYordanovmonary Disease;CT.Computed Tomography:CTD.Chest Tube Drainage:CXR.Chest X-For the Committee on Standards and Assessment of the SRLF:K.Kuteifan (secretary).LRay:ERS.European Respiratory Society:Fr.French;GRADE,Grading of Recommenda-Adda C.Bailleul N.Bige.C.Cerf.P.F.Dequin.J Duvivier.M.Grimaud,S.Jean.A.Kim-tion Assessment,Development and Evaluation;IPF,Idi