September 18, 2012 — With trauma patients, it is traditional to decompress tension pneumothorax by quickly inserting a needle at the second intercostal space (ICS) in the midclavicular line.

Any of these types of pneumothorax can turn into a tension pneumothorax. This is caused by a leak in the pleural space that resembles a one-way valve. As a person inhales, the air leaks into the ...

For small to moderate pneumothorax that is neither under tension nor causing hemodynamic ... chest X-ray within the first 12 h of life. A pediatric radiologist, blinded to the therapeutic ...

An additional hemothorax was associated with the tension pneumothorax reported in the conservative-management group. The case of empyema in the conservative-management group and the infection of ...

The appearance on chest radiography (Figure) suggested left-sided tension pneumothorax, and a thoracic drain was inserted immediately. Only a minimal amount of air was removed by drainage ...

Tension pneumothorax is when air continues to accumulate and increases pressure on the lung with each breath. This ...

In medical thoracoscopy, the pleural access success rate was lower in patients with vs without prior artificial pneumothorax ...

A secondary spontaneous pneumothorax can develop in those with a pre existing lung disorder such as emphysema, TB, cystic fibrosis or lung cancer. A tension pneumothorax is the most serious type ...

Ata F, Yousaf Z, Farsakoury R, et al. Spontaneous tension pneumothorax as a complication of Coronavirus disease 2019: case report and literature review. Clin Case Rep . 2022;10(5):e05852. doi:10. ...