PNEUMOTHORAX

Question 1

occurs when the parietal or visceral pleura is breached and the pleural space is exposed to positive atmospheric pressure.

Answer 1

Pneumothorax

Question 2

What are the types of pneumothorax:

Answer 2

*simple or spontaneous pneumothorax
*traumatic pneumothorax
*tension pneumothorax

Question 3

occurs when air enters the pleural space through a breach of either the parietal or visceral pleura.

Answer 3

Simple or spontaneous pneumothorax

Question 4

air enters the pleural space through the rupture of a bleb or a bronchopleural fistula.

Answer 4

Simple pneumothorax

Question 5

occurs when air escapes from a laceration in the lung itself and enters the pleural space or from a wound in the chest wall/

Answer 5

Traumatic Pneumothorax

Question 6

collection of blood in the pleural space resulting from torn intercostal vessels or lacerations of lungs

Answer 6

Hemothorax

Question 7

both blood and air in the chest cavity

Answer 7

Hemopneumothorax

Question 8

what do you call when the mediastinum shift toward the uninjured side with each inspiration and in the opposite direction with expiration.

Answer 8

Mediastinal flutter or swing.

Question 9

If more than 1500 mL of blood is aspirated initially by thoracentesis, what procedure will be done?

Answer 9

thoracotomy

Question 10

If the chest tube output continues at greater than 200 mL/h, what procedure will be done?

Answer 10

Thoracotomy