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Hemothorax is a medical term meaning blood in the chest cavity.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoYes, hemothorax is an abnormal collection of blood in the chest.
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What is a hemo-thorax?
Hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung (the pleural cavity).
What is the presence of blood in the chest cavity called?
blood: hemothorax air: pneumothorax
What is BILATERal hemothorax?
Hemothorax refers to an accumulation of blood in the chest cavity. Bilateral hemothorax would indicate that blood was found on either side of the sternum.
What is the difference pneumothorax and hemothorax?
A pneumothorax is a pocket of air in the chest cavity, and a hemothorax is a pocket of blood.
What does the term Blood in The Chest means?
The medical term for the condition of blood in the chest cavity is hemothorax. This condition may result from trauma.
How many millitiers of blood must be present in the chest for hemothorax to be seen on an x-ray?
500
What is the medical term meaning blood in the chest?
Hemothorax is an accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs. Hemopericardium is blood in the pericardial sac or space surrounding the heart. Hemomediastinum is blood in the mediastinum, which is the space in which the bronchi and aorta are found.
What is the cpt code for placement of anterior chest tube right hemothorax?
32551 - chest tube placement 860.2 - traumatic hemothorax 511.89 - spontaneous hemothroax
What is the suffix of hemothorax?
The suffix would be thorax. The chest
What accumulates in the pleural cavity when hemothorax is the diagnosis?
Blood
What is the medical term meaning accumulation of blood in the pleural?
Hemothorax (hee-moh-THOH-racks)hem/o means blood , and -thorax means chestThe accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity in commonly referred to as a Hemothorax, as opposed to air build up in the cavity called a pneuomothorax. Typically, to correct a hemothorax one needs the insertion of a chest tube and the blood must be drained from the cavity.It is usually caused from an injury, especially blunt trauma. It can also occur in patients who suffer a pulmonary infarction (death of a section of lung), patients who have had a type of chest surgery, patients with lung or pleural cancer, etc. Rarely, a blood vessel ruptures into the pleural space when no injury has occurred, or a bulging area in the aorta (aortic aneurysm) leaks blood into the pleural space.
Which term describes an accumulation of air or gas in the pleural space that causes the lung to collapse?
Hemothorax (hee-moh-THOH-racks)hem/o means blood , and -thorax means chestThe accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity in commonly referred to as a Hemothorax, as opposed to air build up in the cavity called a pneuomothorax. Typically, to correct a hemothorax one needs the insertion of a chest tube and the blood must be drained from the cavity.It is usually caused from an injury, especially blunt trauma. It can also occur in patients who suffer a pulmonary infarction (death of a section of lung), patients who have had a type of chest surgery, patients with lung or pleural cancer, etc. Rarely, a blood vessel ruptures into the pleural space when no injury has occurred, or a bulging area in the aorta (aortic aneurysm) leaks blood into the pleural space.
