Life-Threatening Simultaneous Bilateral Spontaneous Tension Pneumothorax - A case report -
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- 11 June 2011
- journal article
- Published by Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Vol. 44 (3), 253-256
- https://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.3.253
Abstract
Spontaneous pneumothorax is a common clinical problem in emergency care. However, the overall incidences of primary spontaneous pneumothorax has been reported from as low as 1.4% to 7.6%. The clinical findings of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax can be variable. Clinical presentation is variable, ranging from mild dyspnea to tension pneumothorax. Bilateral tension pneumothorax can defined as cases where no tracheal deviation is detected in chest X-ray, and symptoms may be equal bilaterally. Herein, we present a case with simultaneous bilateral tension pneumothorax, severely deteriorated (i.e. with loss of consciousness, cyanosis, and hemodynamically unstable), that was successfully treated with immediate large-size needle decompression.Keywords
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