Assertion: tension pneumothorax | /r/CapableOf | allow air
Facets:
value: into the pleural space
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: through a 1-way valve mechanism
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Tension pneumothorax develops when a lung or chest wall injury is such that it allows air into the pleural space but not out of it (a one-way valve).
text: The so-called tension pneumothorax is particularly dangerous: It allows air into the pleural space through a 1-way valve mechanism but does not let it escape again.
text: Tension pneumothorax develops when a lung or chest wall injury is such that it allows air into the pleural space but not out of it (a one-way valve).
text: Tension pneumothorax develops when a lung or chest wall injury is such that it allows air into the pleural space but not out of it (a one-way valve).