Assertion: tension pneumothorax | /r/HasProperty | clinical diagnosis
Facets:
value: as any delay in treatment
type: OTHER
value: always
type: DEGREE
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Tension pneumothorax is a clinical diagnosis.
text: Tension pneumothorax is a clinical diagnosis and treatment can be continued without any investigations in a strongly suspected tension pneumothorax in order to save the patient’s life.
text: A tension pneumothorax is a clinical diagnosis.
text: Tension pneumothorax is a clinical diagnosis that now is more readily recognized because of improvements in emergency medical services (EMS) and the widespread use of chest x-rays (see image below).
text: Although laboratory and imaging studies help determine a diagnosis, tension pneumothorax primarily is a clinical diagnosis based on patient presentation.
text: Tension pneumothorax is a clinical diagnosis requiring emergent needle decompression, and therapy should never be delayed for x-ray confirmation.
text: Tension pneumothorax is a clinical diagnosis requiring emergent needle decompression, and therapy should never be delayed for x-ray confirmation.
text: Tension pneumothorax is a clinical diagnosis requiring emergent needle decompression, and therapy should never be delayed for x-ray confirmation.
text: A tension pneumothorax should always be a clinical diagnosis as any delay in treatment can be life threatening.