Think twice before diagnosing tension pneumothorax: a retrospective analysis of pseudotension pneumothorax
Distinguishing PTP from TP is clinically challenging. A thorough medical history, detailed clinical features, chest X-ray, ultrasound, computed tomography and strategic gastric tube insertion can provide important information of value for differential diagnosis. Clinicians need to think twice before placing a thoracic drainage tube to prevent additional iatrogenic injury.
Authors
- Linyan Xie
- Wei Lei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-7161)
- Z Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2186-8596)
- Jiajia Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0554-1354)
- Lili Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3840-0929)
Institutions
- Soochow University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (CN)
- Jiangsu Shengze Hospital (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf098
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00