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Penumothorax 2024
Penumothorax 2024
Pneumothorax
Spontaneous Traumatic
2. Accidental
Diagnosis:
• History:
• Examination:
-General examination
-local examination:-
(inspection ,palpation,
percation,Auscultation).
• Investigation:
TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX
• Injured chest or lung acts as one-way valve
• Difficulty breathing
• Chest pain
• Unilateral decreased/absent breath sounds
• Anxiety or agitation
• Increased pulse
• Tracheal deviation
• Jugular venous distention (JVD)
• Cyanosis
TRACHEAL DEVIATION AND JVD
• Pyopneumothorax:
– Air + fluid