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Chest and abdominal trauma
A practice question in the style of the AMC Part 1 MCQ exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
A trauma patient with a small pneumothorax is intubated and suddenly becomes hypotensive and hard to ventilate. What has most likely happened?
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The answer is E: Ventilation has turned the pneumothorax into a tension one.
Positive pressure forces air through the lung injury into a pleural space that cannot empty.
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