A 20-year-old man is brought in following a stab wound to the chest with absent breath sounds on the right side and tracheal deviation to the left. Wh...

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A 20-year-old man is brought in following a stab wound to the chest with absent breath sounds on the right side and tracheal deviation to the left. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Tension pneumothorax

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Simple pneumothorax

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Massive haemothorax

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Open pneumothorax

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Flail chest

Emergency Medicine — UKMLA MCQ

A 20-year-old man is brought in following a stab wound to the chest with absent breath sounds on the right side and tracheal deviation to the left. What is the most likely diagnosis?