Bilateral tension pneumothorax

Resuscitation. 2005 Apr;65(1):103-5. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.11.009.

Abstract

The report discusses three patients who presented with pulseless electrical activity (PEA), caused by chronic respiratory disease, with bilateral tension pneumothorax. In each case needle decompression failed to relieve the tension and cardiac output was restored only after the insertion of a chest tube.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Asthma / complications*
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods
  • Decompression, Surgical / methods
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / etiology*
  • Heart Arrest / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumothorax / diagnosis
  • Pneumothorax / etiology*
  • Pneumothorax / surgery
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications*
  • Treatment Outcome