RT Book, Section
A1 Sergel, Michelle
A1 Krieger, Brian
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101224590
T1 Pneumothorax
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101224590
RD 2023/04/02
AB Tension  pneumothorax  is  a  clinical  diagnosis  that  should  be  considered  in  any  patient  with  shock  and  respiratory  distress.  Treatment  should  not  be  delayed  for  radiologic  confirmation.Appropriate  treatment  of  a  tension  pneumothorax  is  a  needle  thoracostomy,  followed  by  tube  thoracostomy.Unless  a  pneumothorax  is  spontaneous,  small  (<20%),  minimally  symptomatic,  and  primary,  definitive  treatment  is  tube  thoracostomy.