TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Pleural Space Trauma
A1  - Doherty, Gerard M.
PY  - 2010
T2  - Quick Answers Surgery
AB  - •  Hemothorax  is  classified  by  the  amount  of  blood  -Minimal    1500  mL•  The  rate  of  bleeding  after  evacuation  of  the  hemothorax  is  more  important  than  the  initial  return  of  blood  on  placement  of  the  chest  tube•  Hemothorax  should  be  suspected  with  penetrating  or  severe  blunt  thoracic  injury•  In  85%  of  cases,  tube  thoracostomy  is  all  the  treatment  necessary•  Pneumothorax  occurs  with  laceration  of  the  lung  or  chest  wall  following  penetrating  or  blunt  trauma•  Tension  pneumothorax  develops  when  a  flap-valve  leak  allows  air  to  enter  the  pleural  space  but  not  exit•  Increasing  intrapleural  pressure  interferes  with  venous  return  and  must  be  immediately  relieved  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58097821
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