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What are complications of chest tube removal?
pain pneumothorax bleeding infection low 02. saturation sob
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.
Means air in the chest?
Pneumothorax (or pneumomediastinum).
What kind of chest wound allows air to flow into and out of the chest without breathing?
A pneumothorax is a chest wound that allows air to flow into and out of the chest without breathing. When a person presents with a pneumothorax, there is air in the pleural cavity.
The difference between pleural effusion and a pneumothorax?
Pneumothorax is the result of an injury where air gets into the chest cavity. It can result from an open wound in the chest, such as by being stabbed, or it can occur from a closed wound such as broken ribs. Tension pneumothorax is the buildup of air in the chest cavity collapses the lung and puts pressure on the heart, which then can't pump blood effectively.
How is pneumothorax diagnosed?
To diagnose pneumothorax, it is necessary for the health care provider to listen to the chest (auscultation) during a physical examination
What is the chest cavity that decreases its internal air pressure?
pneumothorax
What complications may follow thoracotomy?
risk of infection; the patient must learn how to keep the incision clean and dry as it heals. After the chest tube is removed, the patient is vulnerable to pneumothorax.
What is the CPT code for thoracentesis with insertion of tube for pneumothorax?
32555
What is the anatomy of pneumothorax?
A pneumothorax (a term for collapsed lung) occurs when air leaks into the space between your lungs and chest wall, creating pressure against the lung.
What can cause a pneumothorax?
It can result from:A penetrating chest woundBarotrauma to the lungsSpontaneously (most commonly in tall slim young males and in Marfan syndrome)Chronic lung pathologies including emphysema, asthmaAcute infectionsAcupunctureChronic infections, such as tuberculosisCancerCatamenial pneumothorax (due to endometriosis in the chest cavity)11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax
What are you attempting to prevent by sealing a sucking chest wound with an occlusive dressing?
Tension pneumothorax
