Hey all. Hope your studying's going well.
I have two questions that I've been having trouble with.
1) Why is it that we immediately start with a chest tube in spontaneous pneumothorax, instead of first performing needle decompression as is the case in tension pneumothorax?
2) At what level do we place the chest tube in spontaneous pneumothorax? I've heard of people say it's at the 5th intercostal. I always thought it should be at the 2nd intercostal.
So yeah. I'm really confused.
Any input/thoughts appreciated!
I have two questions that I've been having trouble with.
1) Why is it that we immediately start with a chest tube in spontaneous pneumothorax, instead of first performing needle decompression as is the case in tension pneumothorax?
2) At what level do we place the chest tube in spontaneous pneumothorax? I've heard of people say it's at the 5th intercostal. I always thought it should be at the 2nd intercostal.
So yeah. I'm really confused.
Any input/thoughts appreciated!