Patients may be hypoxic but this is not an indication of tension in itself. The differential diagnosis of dyspnoea is wide, and without the benefit of immediate radiology there can be great difficulty ...

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.

"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 ...

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 ...

Unilateral loss of normal retractions suggests pleural effusion, pneumothorax, or consolidation. Bulging interspaces on inspiration suggests a tension pneumothorax, a large pleural effusion ...

Zebra Medical Vision has received a go-ahead from the FDA to use artificial intelligence to quickly scour X-rays and alert clinicians for signs of pneumothorax, the potentially fatal buildup of ...