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CASE : MR P M
TRANSPULMONARY
PRESSURE
= ALVEOLAR PRESSURE –
PLEURAL PRESSURE.
Key factor ?
3%
11% anterio-medial
38% subpulmonic
apicolateral
22%
posterio-medial
others
26%
harp
mall
nsion
arge
ceral
lucency
ophrenic
rect
diaphragm
collapse
diaphragm
pine
phrenic
tinal
lucency
shift
mothorax
mothorax
nal
ral
in width)
contour
line
ulcus
lcus
Pneumothorax
Signs of pneumothorax in
supine position
Deep costophrenic sulcus
Sharp mediastinal contour
Double diaphragm sign
subpulmonic pneumothorax
Lucent cardiophrenic sulcus
Large pneumothorax
(without mediastinal shift)
Tension pneumothorax
Tension pneumothorax
U/S signs of pneumothorax
life-threatening.
The immediate treatment is NEEDLE
DECOMPRESSION followed by tube
thoracostomy, or the insertion of a chest
tube.
The chest tube is left in place until the lung
leak seals on its own.
Thoracostomy (Chest tube)
Prognosis