A 22-year-old with a stab wound to the chest has absent breath sounds on one side and tracheal deviation away from that side. Which is the most likely...

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A 22-year-old with a stab wound to the chest has absent breath sounds on one side and tracheal deviation away from that side. Which is the most likely diagnosis?

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Tension pneumothorax

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Simple pneumothorax

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Open pneumothorax

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Haemothorax

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Cardiac tamponade

MCQ (SBA): Emergency medicine & Acute presentations

A 22-year-old with a stab wound to the chest has absent breath sounds on one side and tracheal deviation away from that side. Which is the most likely diagnosis?