In remote conflict zones and disaster-stricken areas, the nearest hospital is often hundreds of miles away. Medical teams ...

The initial working diagnosis was a tension pneumothorax, and he was subsequently treated with needle thoracocentesis causing a release of air. A chest radiograph was taken, after which a chest drain ...

It creates surface tension that helps maintain the position ... shunt may be used in place of an indwelling catheter. Pneumothorax, also known as a collapsed lung, can develop when air collects ...

The team prioritizes accessible biopsy sites, such as liver metastases, while avoiding lung biopsies due to the risk of pneumothorax ... prices and highlighted the tension between pharmaceutical ...

In many cases, the leak is self-limiting. However, when enough air continues to leak and begins to put pressure on the lungs, heart, and major blood vessels, it's known as a tension pneumothorax. One ...

Other training during the three-and-a-half-hour session includes ways to deal with tension pneumothorax, a medical emergency condition where air builds up in space outside the lungs and can collapse ...

It creates surface tension that helps maintain the position of the lungs ... tube called a pleuroperitoneal shunt may be used in place of an indwelling catheter. Pneumothorax, also known as a ...

Other injuries such as sucking chest wounds, tension pneumothorax, fractures, venous bleeds, and hypothermia can be managed. Transporting to definitive care centers is included in this phase.

nbt.nhs.uk Secondary pneumothorax (SSP) is associated with underlying lung disease, in distinction to PSP, although tuberculosis is no longer the commonest underlying lung disease in the developed ...

Background Management of pneumothorax in neonates requiring retrieval poses unique challenges, including decision to insert an intercostal catheter (ICC). We aimed to report the proportion and ...

The mystery of the Hubble tension has deepened with the startling finding that the Coma Cluster of galaxies is 38 million light-years closer than it should be. In recent years, trouble has been ...