Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5653599 | The Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This case demonstrates a unique clinical scenario of ultrasound evidence of tension physiology in a clinically stable patient. Although this patient was well appearing without hypotension, respiratory distress, tracheal deviation, or distended neck veins, point-of-care ultrasound revealed mediastinal shift and a plethoric IVC. Given that the classic clinical signs of tension pneumothorax are not uniformly present, this case shows how point-of-care ultrasound may diagnose tension pneumothorax before clinical decompensation.
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Authors
Maxine MD, Jeannine RDMS, Mikaela L. MD, RDMS, Kristin MD,