Tension haemothorax

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A tension haemothorax refers to haemothorax that exert considerable mass effect. It often results from massive intrathoracic haemorrhage and often causing ipsilateral lung compression and mediastinal displacement.

-A tension haemothorax refers to <a title="Haemothorax" href="/articles/haemothorax">haemothorax</a> that results from massive intrathoracic haemorrhage and often causing ipsilateral lung compression and mediastinal displacement.
+A tension haemothorax refers to <a href="/articles/haemothorax">haemothorax</a> that exert considerable mass effect. It often results from massive intrathoracic haemorrhage and often causing ipsilateral lung compression and mediastinal displacement.

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1. Tan J & Alvarez J. Tension Haemothorax: An Uncommon Life-Threatening Complication. ANZ J Surg. 2002;72(1):72-4. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02301.x">doi:10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02301.x</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11906431">Pubmed</a>
2. Fourdrain A, Lafitte S, Iquille J, De Dominicis F, Berna P. Delayed-Onset Tension Hemothorax Following Blunt Trauma and the Rupture of a Previously Undiagnosed Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery. J Thorac Dis. 2017;9(3):E245-8. <a href="https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2017.02.87">doi:10.21037/jtd.2017.02.87</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28449511">Pubmed</a>
3. Ho M & Gutierrez F. Chest Radiography in Thoracic Polytrauma. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009;192(3):599-612. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.07.3324">doi:10.2214/AJR.07.3324</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19234253">Pubmed</a>

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