Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2014
A 21-year-old female patient has been hospitalized on an emergency basis because of severe dyspnea, pain in the left side of the chest. Body temperature is 38,8°C. The condition developed three days ago. Respiratory rate is 42/min, auscultation reveals shallow breathing. There is percussive dullness on the right starting from the middle of the blade, breath sounds cannot be heard. The left border of the heart is 3 cm displaced outwards. Embryocardia is present, HR is 110/min. The right hypochondrium is painful on palpation. What urgent therapeutic measures should be taken in this situation?
Answer options
- Administration of penicillin antibiotics
- Injection of cardiac glycosides
- Emergency puncture of the pleural cavity
- Injection of Lasix
- Transferring the patient to the thoracic surgery department
Correct answer
Emergency puncture of the pleural cavity
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