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06 / Thoracic Surgery · foundations

Sudden pleuritic pain in a tall young man

  1. ED
  2. Investigations
  3. Pre-Op
  4. OR
  5. Ward
  6. Debrief

Triage

He is comfortable at rest and speaking full sentences. The right chest is hyper-resonant with reduced breath sounds. The trachea is central and he is not hypotensive. He smokes ten a day.

What separates this from a tension pneumothorax?

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