Tension pneumothorax occurs when air is trapped in the pleural cavity. Treatment may include thoracic decompression, often called needle thoracostomy or needle decompression. Tension pneumothorax ...
Introduction and Objectives Tension pneumothorax is a life-threatening condition ... on admission and after chest drain insertion (if applicable), other pleural treatments, and relevant past medical ...
This case highlights the difficulty in deciding whether or not tension pneumothorax is the predominant cause of respiratory distress in a patient with multiple chest injuries. It provides further ...
Prompt recognition of tension pneumothorax and treatment with needle decompression can be lifesaving [1-3]. However, it is also important to differentiate tension pneumothorax from conditions with ...
Boerhaave's syndrome can present initially as a case of tension pneumothorax. Mortality rate with delayed treatment is very high, therefore diagnosis should be made rapidly in the emergency department ...
Chest X-ray confirmed left tension pneumothorax (figure 1 ... 3 5 6 Re-expansion pulmonary oedema can arise after a rapid decompressive treatment of the pneumothorax. The risk of occurrence increases ...
This condition, also known as gastrothorax,1 can sometimes be very challenging to diagnose due to its resemblance with pneumothorax. Few cases2 3 have been reported when gastrothorax has been ...
The aim of this study is to compare multiple measurement techniques to a novel digital measurement method, and to describe its utility in assessing treatment response. Methods 56 CXRs from 28 patients ...
4 Clinicians decide on treatment strategy based on severity of clinical signs, radiographical features, comorbidities and level of respiratory support required. Pneumothorax can expand, so a ...
Chest radiography revealed a tension pneumothorax (Figure 1). Subsequently, a chest drain was inserted to relieve this into the left lung, followed by an emergency surgery. The surgeons performed left ...
Management aims are to re-expand the collapsed lung, relieve pressure in the intrapleural space and avoid a tension pneumothorax ... There are no established guidelines for treating PSP in children ...