A 25-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident. He is hypotensive and tachycardic with a distended neck vein,...

Question

A 25-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident. He is hypotensive and tachycardic with a distended neck vein, muffled heart sounds, and pulsus paradoxus. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Cardiac tamponade

Answer

Tension pneumothorax

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Massive haemothorax

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Acute myocardial infarction

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Flail chest

MCQ (SBA): Emergency medicine & Acute presentations

A 25-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident. He is hypotensive and tachycardic with a distended neck vein, muffled heart sounds, and pulsus paradoxus. What is the most likely diagnosis?