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Open PneumothoraxAka: Sucking Chest Wound

Symptoms
1. History of penetrating trauma to chest
2. Otherwise same as for Simple Pneumothorax
Signs
1. See Simple Pneumothorax
2. Large defect or penetrating trauma to chest wall
Management
1. Apply a sterile occlusive dressing to wound
2. Tape dressing on 3 of the 4 sides (Valve effect)
3. Place Chest Tube remote from open wound

Open pneumothorax (C0264555)
Concepts	Disease or Syndrome (T047)
English	Open pneumothorax
Spanish	neumotorax abierto
Parent Concepts	Pneumothorax (C0032326)
Sources	SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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