admitted principally for a hemo-pneumothorax. A pneumothorax is when there is a partial or complete collapse of the lungs because of air entering through the pleural space around the lungs. Air entering the lungs through the parietal or visceral spaces cause a decrease in negative pressure‚ which causes the lungs to collapse because there is no negative pressure to keep the lungs expanded. This in turn creates an ineffective breathing pattern. The hemo-pneumothorax signifies that blood has been introduced
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1. Given the diagnosis of pneumothorax‚ explain why the paramedic had difficulty ventilating A.W. • Air escaped from the lung into the pleural space. Eventually‚ enough air collected in the pleural space to cause the mediastinum to shift twoard the right. The collapsed left lung‚ increased intrapleural pressure‚ and rightward shift make it difficult to ventilate A.W. 2. Interpret A.W.’s ABG’s • Significant respiratory acidosis with profound hypoxemia. A.W. is near death. 3. What is the
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Spontaneous Pneumothorax 1 Spontaneous Pneumothorax Lacey Shelton Professional Role Development Middle TN State University Spontaneous Pneumothorax 2 Kevin is a healthy nonsmoking 18 year old male who was 6 ’2" and weighed about 145 pounds. On May 16th‚ 2001 he was sitting in his high school chemistry class when he started getting hot and sweaty. He got up and went to the water fountain when he started noticing right arm pain. When he returned to the class room the teacher told him
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The peer reviewed article‚ “Spontaneous Pneumothorax” by Laszlo Bense‚ states what specifically happens when a pneumothorax occurs‚ what causes them‚ and just a few ways to prevent them. First of all‚ a pneumothorax is the medical term for a collapsed lung‚ which is something I did not know before I read these articles. So the first thing this article talked about was how a collapsed lung happens. It basically describes it as air filling your pleural cavity because of a slight rupture or opening
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Pneumothorax & Mechanical Ventilation Mechanical ventilation is the use of life-support to perform the work of breathing for patients who are unable to breathe on their own or are critically ill. The First Mechanical Ventilation machine was used in 1938 called the "Iron Lung " which used negative pressure. Positive Mechanical ventilators began to be used in anesthesia and intensive care during the 1950s. The development was confirmed by the need to treat polio patients and the increasing
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Internal Medicine Surgeon: Simon Williams‚ MD‚ Pulmonary/Thoracic Surgery Preoperative Diagnosis: Recurrent right pneumothorax. Postoperative Diagnosis: Same. Operative Procedure: Right chest tube thoracostomy‚ pleura drainage. Anesthesia: Xylocaine 1%. Specimen Removed: Pleural fluid sent for cytology. INDICATIONS: This 61-year-old white male presents with recurrent pneumothorax on the right and increasing subcutaneous emphysema‚ despite earlier insertion of two small caliber chest tubes
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cause of injuries accounting for 57 - 70% of chest trauma patient. Between 20 - 46% of deaths in poly-traumatic patients are due to chest injury (1‚ 2) . Pneumothorax is a common complication of blunt chest trauma.(3) Rate of occurrence of tension pneumothorax is 10% while traumatic pneumothorax‚ iatrogenic pneumothorax and delayed pneumothorax occur in 33.6%‚ 18.1% and 12% traumatic population‚ respectively (3) . Mechanism of chest trauma including blunt trauma (which is the commonest) and penetrating
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PNEUMOTHORAX Description Pneumothorax is presence of air in the pleural cavity. It prevents your lung from expanding properly when you try to breathe in‚ causing shortness of breath and chest pain. It is also called as Collapse lung. A primary pneumothorax occurs without an apparent cause and in the absence of significant lung disease‚ while a secondary pneumothorax occurs in the presence of existing lung pathology. Tension pneumothorax develops occasionally and is a medical emergency. Unless reversed
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has multiple admissions for problems concerning this. At the time of initial evaluation‚ a small caliber chest tube was inserted in the anterior axillary line‚ which improved the patient’s respiratory distress but did not completely resolve the pneumothorax. I was called to the ICU to place a second small caliber chest tube in the posterior axillary line below this. This further improved the patient’s pulmonary status with his saturation improving from 76& to 89%. Since admission he has felt better
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Mina Aiad Jalitta Aickareth Aisha Gomango Hiteshi Patel Adriana Rich Kecenia Stevenson Franchascaa Sambula Group 15 1. Names listed above 2. Is cyanosis an insensitive measure of..... A. Pulmonary disease; yes‚ when pulmonary valve are absent they can cause cyanosis B. Cardiac disease; Yes‚ low blood oxygen levels will cause cyanosis C. COLD; yes‚ it can cause inadequate blood circulation leading to cyanosis D. Anxiety; yes‚ it can cause stress which can lead to cyanosis
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