Tention Pneumothorax can Lead to Death

Introduction Tensional pneumothorax is emergency medical with high morbidity and mortality without immediate intervention. It is important for health professionals to identify and treat this condition in a timely manner. In this article, I will explain a case study of Pritesh, a patient with tensional pneumothorax after blood accumulation in the chest (Brown & Edwards, 2012). This article focuses on patient symptoms and complaints and explains the procedure for evaluating patient needs and related controls.

Tension pneumothorax needs immediate medical attention. Common causes include penetrating wounds or sharp edges of rib fractures. Not so common is barotrauma caused by acute severe asthma, spontaneous rupture of lung blisters, sudden compression on the chest wall, or explosion, and shows pneumothorax caused by high airway pressure. If pleural pressure is minimal and there are no significant respiratory or cardiovascular disorders, all pneumothoraces start with simple pneumothorax. When air accumulates in the pleural cavity, it becomes a tonic pneumothorax and is accelerated by positive pressure ventilation. When physiological damage is evident, tension is important, and unless rapid treatment is inevitably resulted in proper breathing and cardiac injury, which will cause cardiac arrest.

Pneumothorax is defined as pulmonary collapse caused by air within the pleural space. Pneumothorax with no secondary cause such as trauma or surgery is classified as spontaneous pneumothorax. Treatment options for pneumothorax include medical follow-up, puncture aspiration, percutaneous catheter drainage, pleural ostomy, video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), and thoracotomy (1, 2). Radiological assessment of pneumothorax occupying 20% ​​of the lung requires thoracotomy. During follow-up, the lungs can be re-applied in various ways to remove air from the pleural space through the drainage system, including forced cough, trifluoro foil, inflatable ball, tensioning movement, walking, lip licking, stair climbing Extended (1)

As mentioned above, there are several diseases or conditions that can lead to thoracotomy. One of the diseases is pneumothorax. Pneumothorax is defined as air leakage into the space between the lung and the chest wall (11). This air may cause the lungs to collapse (11, 12). Pneumothorax has many reasons. Pneumothorax can cause medical procedures such as chest injuries and rib fractures, knife and gun scratches, car accidents, insertion of chest tubes, insertion into the lungs using a sighting device (11, 12). In addition, potential pulmonary diseases causing damage to the lungs cause the lungs to collapse. These diseases include cystic fibrosis, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, asthma, lung cancer and other lung infections (11, 12). In addition, bubble collapse is one of these reasons (11). Use a ventilator to push and pull air inside and outside the lung (11)