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 ...

and pneumothorax Use of echocardiography has extended beyond the traditional application in stable patients to become widespread in the acute and emergency settings In the setting of AHF ...

Background: Idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax (ISP) results from rupture of blebs, bullas, or diseased alveolar walls. Initiating mechanisms may relate to increased transpulmonary pressure.

Other causes include: cardiac contusion, haemothorax, embolism (air or fat), spinal cord injury, cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax ... which can be assessed by transoesophageal echocardiography ...

If there is evidence of laboured breathing, tracheal deviation (away from the pneumothorax), respiratory distress or cardiac compromise (low blood pressure or tachycardia) then a life-threatening ...

"For example, open and tension pneumothorax are in serious conditions that the more powerful under water-chest-drainage is preferred. While the wound in the closed pneumothorax is closed and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...