Chest x-ray interpretation, Pneumothorax

[donna123aa]

Excellent, very interesting, thanks for sharing.

[NZrukus]

Hey bro - I love these videos! I am studying Medical Imaging in New Zealand and this is a great tool. Gotta love the internet man - how can you not learn!

[Xpozethcorupt]

Namaste -I have been viewing with interest, your postings re Mycoplasma Pneumonia. This above-video just disappeared as It was commencing! I hope it hasn't been removed. I have been looking for one of your vids showing X-rays specifically - MYCOPLASMA pneumonia please? Can't find one...?

[ohthatscute]

This really helped me in understanding how this condition works and looks on an xray. I appreciate it! Thank you!

[cerebral7830]

nice demonstration.

[doctorkeeta]

ur style of reading is eclnt,distnce from mic is less.thnx

[9tify1]

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[anjumhassan]

cleared my concepts alot about pneumothorax.thanks alot :)

[doctorsuzy1]

Tension pnumothorax is a life threatend condition that necessitate immediate action .

Simply relase the tension by inserting small tube in right axillary region below the third rib to avoid liver injury. some prefer to insert wide pore needle below the clavicle to save the life befor doing the right one .

[hammadshams]

Trust me you do not have to go looking for it. Sudden pain and breathlessness would make you go to hospital where doctors will diagnose for you.

[LetoKynes]

I'm doing some revision for my exams and this has been really helpful, thanks so much! I'll be having a look at your other videos as well for sure :)

[titoo235]

thanks hammad it helped alot can you also tell me can v differentiate bw tension pneumothorax and pneumothorax on xray chest 

[hammadshams]

@titoo235 you will see distorted anatomy. Mediastinum will be shifted on the opposite side along with heart and major vessels.

[arc1342]

@hammadshams

how do i know that i got Pneumothorax?

[febescud]

Thank you professor for this informative video.To add comment in radiologic features of pneumothorax, please take note of visualization of the visceral pleura.

[AndreasTeardrop]

Very interesting video, as I'm actually having one in this very moment. Had one before, about a month & a half ago (right side, "primary spontaneous"), and it was cured succesfully by chest tube drainage.

Now, since a few days back, I feel the same pain again, same area, same everything, just a little less painful this time. Not really sure what I'm going to do about it though, since I'm not having any major breathing issues (like I did last time), just the aching.

[cwodragon]

Thank you for such a quick answer.

[cwodragon]

What is a tension pneumothorax?

[hammadshams]

@cwodragon when vital organs and large vessels are pushed and compressed because of pneumothorax causing a life threatening situation.

[swcoast]

@hammadshams I wanted to ask, when they say blood pressure significantly and potentially fatally drops due to a tension pneumpthorax, what is the pathophysiology of that? For example, is it because compression of the heart renders it less capable of filling, and therefore reducing or limiting cardiac output? Or what other reason could there be. Thank you in advance

[drmustafamutlu]

thank you.. 

[Saharadoc]

Thanks ^^

[Fishka19]

Thank a lot! It is very helpfull

[sandypannu]

thanx!! extremely usefull; i just had one due to a cycle accident!! I feel more reassured as i read my x-rays!!!

[zidanelmasry819]

indian accent is funny

[tawfiqblog]

Thanx it's important

[MsSasa26]

hey...thanx..it helps me lot for my exam tomorow... heeeee..=)

[jeelyginger]

thank u thank u thank u so much i am a med student and it helps me alot!

[umar27891highlights]

thank you very much. very well explained!

[peace60s]

I am 49 years old I have had numerous pneuthoraxes when I was 25 and 27 (Left Lung) 75% collapses caused by blebs - typical 6"3 thin male who grew quickly when I was 24 (1/2" 2 months) The surgery performed was to cut the blebs out of the lung. The left lung has stayed inflated ever since. I also have them on the right lung. We have caught the minor collapses (less then 5%) numerous times - even 2 months ago - its something I live with and wait until the collapse is greater then 5%.

[caligirl06xo]

I'm a 15 yr old girl my right lung collapsed 100% no one believed my pain till it turned into a tension pneumothorax and I went to the ER. Most painfull thing ever.

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[jlcross2008]

i just had a spontaneous pneumothorax, it sucked soooo hard

[GoldenoSkyo]

the lung volume in the right said is good (diaphragm is in 7th rib) so why did you say collapse ?

[hammadshams]

In x-ray that has pneumothroax the actual right lung tissue is collapsed and is visible as an airless tissue.  Air has taken the rest of the space above diaphram and laterally.

[Tripo1iSamson]

I had my left lung collapse less than 5 percent, and had to go to more than two doctors to get anyone to take my word for it that the pain I was having was directly related to my breathing. One doctor in an ER when it first happened claimed that I was simply having joint pains, the asshole. I never got any treatment. It simply stopped hurting, but I have consistent lung pain every now and then, especially in the past few days, and I have a bleb on each lung. Goddammit. I'm only 20.

[nicka02]

Im 18 and mine collapsed by 33%, it sucked

[Tripo1iSamson]

Jesus. Did you have it because of the tall-and-thin thing or are you like a smoker? I'm a smoker who had juvenile asthma and never knew or was told that it can increase your chances for lifelong problems, though I should've figured that out myself.

[nicka02]

I am tall and thin, I can feel another one in the middle of my chest right now, but it doesnt hurt yet. when i go up and down stairs i can feel it bouncing in my chest.

[Tripo1iSamson]

what, a bleb? That's awful. I'm somewhat tall and definitely thin, and I know I have at least two blebs, from what this doc told me. I read a thing from some Jap doctors who say it's now in the best interest of the patient for the doctor to go ahead and do the somewhat-invasive surgery to remove blebs, because having them is dangerous and it would be worse for someone to have one go off and not be operated on than it would be for it just be removed.

[hammadshams]

Pneumothorax will always appear as black but collpased lung as a result of pneumothorax or because of any other reason will appear airless (white/hyperdense) tissue.

[MisterMcMODRAY]

Hey hammadshams, I have hyperventilation syndrome and have had countless extreme panic attacks over thinking that one of my lungs has collapsed. Do you know if there is anything like this that can happen due to HVS?

[p90xfan34]

cant a collapsed lung or pneumothorax appear hyperdense as well?

[wowusvn]

I had this, and man that tube hurts like a bitch after 3 days