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They are typically benign but can lead to pleural effusion, pneumothorax, haemoptysis, secondary infection, and bronchopulmonary fistula. Caplan's syndrome [ 3 ] : S...
Vascular - diagnosing deep vein thrombosis; varicose veins Lungs - diagnosing pneumothorax . Please see the separate Ultrasound Scanning - Non-obstetric article for m...
Myocardial infarction or pericarditis . Pneumothorax . Tietze's syndrome . Muscle strain or chest trauma. Shingles . Other causes of upper abdominal pain or subco...
Pleural effusion and pneumothorax. Device dysfunction/malfunction of the generator. Additionally, some people, for whom defibrillation is initiated while they remain conscious, repor...
Catheter-related complications [ 5 ] Immediate complications are mainly related to insertion and include haemorrhage, pneumothorax or haemothorax, arrhythmias or cardiac tamponade ....
Tension pneumothorax . Large pleural effusion . Tension pneumopericardium: usually seen in infants with mechanical ventilation but also may follow sternal bone marrow aspiration, pene...
Causes of dyspnoea Potentially reversible or partially reversible with further treatment Infection Bronchoconstriction Pleural or pericardial effusion Pneumothorax Pulmonary ...
Lungs - pulmonary LCH [ 4 ] Nonproductive cough, dyspnoea pleuritic pain or spontaneous pneumothorax. Abnormal CXR showing a reticular-micronodular pattern. Nodular/cystic patte...
About 10% of patients may present rather later than birth, even into adult life. [ 8 , 9 ] These are the least severe and prognosis is much better. [ 10 ] Differential diagnosis Pneumo...
The use of serum (1→3) beta-D-glucan levels (high in PCP) is being investigated as a diagnostic test. [ 12 ] PCR can be used for early diagnosis of PCP in HIV-infected patients. [ 13 ] Radi...
Pneumomediastinum can present similarly, where there is a pneumothorax into the mediastinal portion of pleura. Investigations Blood tests are usually unhelpful, with the exception of...
Pulsus paradoxus: The pulse slows on inspiration in pulsus paradoxus and it can occur with pericardial effusion, constrictive pericarditis and severe pneumothorax, especially tension ...
Pulmonary oedema , pneumothorax , lymphadenitis and otitis media have also been reported. Inability to maintain adequate fluid intake may lead to dehydration .
It has been used amongst first responders in North America successfully [ 7 ] but its use in the pre-hospital setting can also be associated with serious complications such as aspiration pneumonitis, ...
Primary pulmonary hypertension . Pneumothorax with or without asthma. Inhalation injury . Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) .
Pleural effusion. Pneumothorax. Pulmonary embolus. Asthma. COPD. Bronchiectasis. Fibrosing alveolitis.
Lungs - pleural rupture causing pneumothorax Eyes - lens dislocation, closed-angle glaucoma, high myopia. Skeleton - arachnodactyly, hypermobility, arthralgia, joint instability, finger...
Indications for ventilation [ 7 ] Severe hypoxaemia: PaO 2 : <60mm Hg (8.3 kPa) despite 0.6 FiO 2 PaCO 2 : >45mm Hg (6 kPa) The large tidal volumes (10-15 mL/kg) pr...
Give IV calcium chloride for hyperkalaemia, hypocalcaemia and calcium-channel blocking drug overdose. 4Ts: Tension pneumothorax (consider if trauma or previous attempts to insert a ...
Sympathectomy (division of the sympathetic chain over the neck of the ribs under general anaesthesia) is the most commonly performed procedure: [ 2 ] Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy: sympathec...