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Pneumothorax, Ovarian suppression for 6-12 months is used to prevent recurrence. [ 3 ] Do not forget that any person with acute severe asthma may have an underlying pneumothorax...
Pneumothorax (Trapped Air in the Chest), For example, the procedure to insert a central venous catheter into the chest veins can sometimes accidentally cause a pneumothorax. T...
This is called a tension pneumothorax and is a medical emergency. Note : anyone who has difficulty breathing or who feels more breathless than usual needs immediate medical help.
Tension Headache, Medication to prevent headaches may help those who have frequent tension-type headaches. What is tension headache? Tension headaches are the ...
Chronic Tension Headache, What is chronic tension headache? Chronic tension headache is a condition causing a tension headache on at least 15 days every month ...
Pericardial tamponade or severe constrictive pericarditis. Tension pneumothorax. Myocardial suppression due to bacteraemia or sepsis (although, strictly speaking, this may be defined as...
What appears to be an airway problem, leading to intubation and ventilation, may turn out to be a pneumothorax or tension pneumothorax which will be exacerbated by intubation and ven...
Mechanical ventilation (increased likelihood of tension pneumothorax or bronchopleural fistula if the lung is punctured). Cutaneous disease over the proposed skin puncture site.
Acute severe asthma . Tension pneumothorax . Large pleural effusion . Tension pneumopericardium: usually seen in infants with mechanical ventilation but also may follow st...
A large pneumothorax or a tension pneumothorax can cause pulsus paradoxus. A tremor may indicate carbon dioxide retention.
Tension-type Headache, Headaches are a major cause of morbidity. Tension-type headache (TTH) is a significant cause of sickness absence and impaired ability at work. , Aspirin Para...
Give IV calcium chloride for hyperkalaemia, hypocalcaemia and calcium-channel blocking drug overdose. 4Ts: Tension pneumothorax (consider if trauma or previous attempts to insert ...
Death from trauma occurs in 3 groups: [ 1 ] Immediate - e.g aortic deceleration injury, severe head injury Early - eg hypoxia and hypovolaemia Delayed - eg sepsis , multiple ...
Relieve any tension pneumothorax by needling the chest on the side of the suspected lesion before inserting a 32G chest drain or doing X-rays.
Heart and mediastinum The heart and mediastinum are deviated away from a pleural effusion or a pneumothorax, especially if it is a tension pneumothorax and towards collapse...
Treatment with oxygen can be given but avoid positive-pressure ventilation. Tension pneumothorax requires immediate needle thoracocentesis with emergency chest drain . Ar...
Pulsus paradoxus: The pulse slows on inspiration in pulsus paradoxus and it can occur with pericardial effusion, constrictive pericarditis and severe pneumothorax, especially tensio...
Obstructive - eg, massive pulmonary embolism , cardiac tamponade , tension pneumothorax . Distributive - vasodilatation +/- leakage from endothelium; with the following subtypes: septi...
A person with a chest wound may be classified as P2 or P3 but, if a tension pneumothorax develops, this immediately becomes P1. When the tension is relieved, the classification is lo...
See the separate leaflet called Pulmonary Embolism for more details on this medical emergency. Pneumothorax A pneumothorax is also known as a collapsed lung. It happens wh...