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REGALA, BIANCA YSABELLE M.
BSN III-B
RLE GROUP 2

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HEMOTHORAX
 Hemothorax is when blood collects between your chest wall and your lungs.
This area where blood can pool is known as the pleural cavity. The buildup
of the volume of blood in this space can eventually cause your lung to
collapse as the blood pushes on the outside of the lung. The pooling of
blood in your chest can have numerous causes.
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HEMOTHORAX CAUSES
 The most common cause of hemothorax
is a major injury to your chest. This is
known as a blunt force trauma injury.
 Blood not clotting properly and leaking
into the chest cavity
 Cancer in the lungs
 Fluid and cancer around the lungs, called
malignant pleural effusion
Cancerous tumors in your chest wall
Large vein torn open when a catheter is
inserted while you’re in the hospital
Tissue around your lungs dying, called
pulmonary infarction
Ehlers-danlos syndrome (EDS) type 4, a
condition that affects your connective
tissues
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RISK FACTORS

 Surgery
 Repetitive injury
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COMPLICATIONS

 Lung problems
 Infection
 Scarring
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HEMOTHORAX SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

 pain or feeling of heaviness in your abnormally fast heartbeat

chest breaking out in cold sweats
 feeling anxious or nervous cold, pale, or clammy skin
 dyspnea, or having trouble high fever over 100°F (38°C)
breathing

breathing quickly
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HEMOTHORAX PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

 Hemothorax, also spelled haemothorax, collection of a bloody fluid in the

pleural cavity, between the membrane lining the thoracic cage and the
membrane covering the lung. Hemothorax may result from injury or
surgery, especially when there has been damage to the larger blood vessels
of the chest wall.
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HEMOTHORAXNURSING MANAGEMENT

 Determine etiology and precipitating factors

 Check out respiratory function, noting rapid or shallow respirations,
dyspnea, reports of “air hunger,” development of cyanosis, changes in vital
signs.
 Observe for synchronous respiratory pattern when using a mechanical
ventilator.
 Auscultate breath sounds.
 Note chest excursion and position of the trachea.
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MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

 CHEST TUBE
 THORACOSTOMY
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DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

 X-rays
 CT scans
 Ultrasound
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