A 24-year-old man presents with pleuritic chest pain, dyspnoea, and a sudden onset. Examination reveals hyperresonance and absent breath sounds on the...

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A 24-year-old man presents with pleuritic chest pain, dyspnoea, and a sudden onset. Examination reveals hyperresonance and absent breath sounds on the right side. A chest X-ray confirms a spontaneous pneumothorax. He is not breathless at rest, and the pneumothorax is

Accepted Answer

Discharge with follow-up

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Immediate chest drain insertion

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Needle aspiration

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Administer high-flow oxygen and observe

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Surgical intervention

MCQ (SBA): Pneumothorax