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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Pneumothorax, Spontaneous
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Studies, Treatment, Medications, Surgery, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Follow-Up, Complications, Prognosis, When to Admit, Prevention, References,
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Topics Discussed: spontaneous pneumothorax.
Excerpt: | |  Acute onset of unilateral chest pain and dyspnea
Minimal physical findings in mild cases Tension pneumothorax | | – Unilateral chest expansion – Decreased tactile fremitus – Hyperresonance – Diminished breath sounds – Mediastinal shift – Cyanosis – Hypotension |
Pleural air on chest radiograph |
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