Question 41 (part 2) · LEK · Chest injuries
A patient has developed dyspnoea, tachycardia, paradoxical pulse, decreased blood pressure, cervical vein dilatation and muffled heart sounds after a traffic accident. The diagnosis is:
- A. tension pneumothorax.
- B. myocardial infarction.
- C. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- D. pulmonary embolism.
- E. cardiac tamponade.
Hint
Look for Beck's triad together with pulsus paradoxus after blunt chest trauma.
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