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Revision as of 11:59, 13 January 2015
Background
- Death occurs from hypoxic respiratory arrest (V-Q mismatch), not circulatory arrest
Diagnosis
- Diminished or absent breath sounds
- Hypotension or e/o hypoperfusion
- Distended neck veins
- May not occur if pt is hypovolemic
- Tracheal deviation
- Late sign
Differential Diagnosis
Pneumothorax Types
Thoracic Trauma
- Airway/Pulmonary
- Cardiac/Vascular
- Musculoskeletal
- Other
Acute dyspnea
Emergent
- Pulmonary
- Airway obstruction
- Anaphylaxis
- Angioedema
- Aspiration
- Asthma
- Cor pulmonale
- Inhalation exposure
- Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema
- Pneumonia
- Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP)
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Tension pneumothorax
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis acute exacerbation
- Cystic fibrosis exacerbation
- Cardiac
- Other Associated with Normal/↑ Respiratory Effort
- Other Associated with ↓ Respiratory Effort
Non-Emergent
- ALS
- Ascites
- Uncorrected ASD
- Congenital heart disease
- COPD exacerbation
- Fever
- Hyperventilation
- Interstitial lung disease
- Neoplasm
- Obesity
- Panic attack
- Pleural effusion
- Polymyositis
- Porphyria
- Pregnancy
- Rib fracture
- Spontaneous pneumothorax
- Thyroid Disease
- URI
Treatment
- Immediate needle decompression if unstable
- 14ga IV in midclavicular line just above the rib at the second intercostal space
- Always followed by Chest Tube placement
See Also
Source
- Roberts and Hedges Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine
- Rosen's
- American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement