A patient comes with BP 100/70, pulse 110/min & respiration with Acessory muscles?
In tension pneumothorax,there is rapidly progressive breathlessness associated with a marked tachycardia,hypotension,cyanosis and tracheal displacement away from the side of the silent hemithorax.Cardiac tamponade is characterised by markedly elevated JVP,hypotension,pulsus paradoxus(exaggerated fall in BP during inspiration) and oliguria.Hemothorax is characterised by progressive dyspnea. Ref:Davidson' s medicine-22nd edition,page no:532,661,729.
Pneumothorax
Hemothorax
Cardiac Tamponade
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Respiratory system