Link To “EMCrit Podcast 245 – Tension Pneumothorax with Simon Leigh-Smith”

Here is a link to the outstanding EMCrit Podcast 245 – Tension Pneumothorax with Simon Leigh-Smith [Link is to the podcast and show notes] April 24, 2019 by Dr Scott Weingart

[Note to myself: I’ve embedded the podcast here for my reviewing convenience. Also be sure and review the brief but powerful show notes.]

In the podcast Dr. Leigh-Smith notes that a tension pneumothorax can develop in a non-traumatic spontaneous pneumothorax.

Additional Resources [All are from the episode’s show notes]:

Dr. Simon Leigh-Smith’s Publications

• Clinical Presentation of Patients With Tension Pneumothorax: A Systematic Review¹
• Tension pneumothorax – time for a re-think.
• Slides from Full Lecture

Additional Reading and Info

• Pulmonary Artery Pressures with Tension
• Decreased cardiac index as an indicator of tension pneumothorax in the ventilated patient