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- Published on: 20 September 2007Response: Signs of Tension Pneumothorax
We would wholeheartedly agree with Simon Leigh-Smith's comments that overall there will be hyperexpansion and a hypomobile chest on the affected side in a tension pneumothorax. The hyperexpansion will mean there will be ‘reduced chest expansion’ with each inspiratory effort but perhaps the word ‘expansion’ should have been replaced with ‘movement’ to clarify this point.
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None declared. - Published on: 27 April 2007Tension Pneumothorax prevalence - grossly exaggeratedShow More
Dear Editor,
This paper stated prevalence of Tension Pneumothorax which is misleading and up to 20 times higher than that which might be seen by the standard pre-hospital care practitioner. Further analysis of the two references used for this statement is given and it can be seen that their results should not be extrapolated to the general pre-hospital environment without qualification.
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None declared. - Published on: 13 April 2007Signs of Tension Pneumothorax
Dear Editor,
Table 1 states decreased ipsilateral expansion found in tension pneumothorax. This is incorrect. A HYPER-expanded (and hypo-mobile) ipsilateral hemi-thorax is almost pathognomonic of this condition.
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