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Typical heart attack pain
"Crushing" substernal pain
that does not disappear w/ rest
Flail chest
Multiple rib fractures resulting in
paradoxical movement of the affected ribs
Very painful breathing; ventilation / oxygenation is affected
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Compression of superior thoracic aperture
Affects arteries and T1 nerve (going to UE / neck)
Paralysis of the diaphragm
Injury to the phrenic nerve causes
ipsilateral paradoxical movement
Thoracocentesis
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intercostal space MAL
Sample fluid in pleural cavity at the costodiaphragmatic recess
What structures are crossed in a thoracocentesis?
External intercostal m.
Internal intercostal m.
Innermost intercostal m.
Endothoracic fascia
Parietal pleura
What structures are crossed during an intercostal nerve block in MAL?
What nerves are blocked?
External intercostal m.
Internal intercostal m.
collateral and intercostal nn.
Pneumothorax
Entry of air into pleural cavity
fluid = hydrothorax
blood = hemothorax
Pulmonary Embolism
Obstruction of a pulmonary artery
by a thrombus / fat glubule / air from leg vein causes
decrease in oxygenation of blood
large embolus = emergency (patient can die w/in minutes)
What nerves could be injured during a radical mastectomy?
What functions are lost?
Long thoracic nerve ()
Thoracodorsal nerve ()
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Author
mnm2186
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Card Set
Clinical Pathologies 3
Description
Exam 3
Updated
2010-09-03T18:43:47Z
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