Scenario
A 22 year old woman with a past history of asthma, presents with a spontaneous right pneumothorax estimated to be around 25% of lung volume.
Question
Discuss your management options in this patient. (100%)
Answer
FACEM SAQ Exam 2007.1 – Question 2
- The overall pass rate for this question was 41/55 (74.5%).
- Pass Criteria
- Overall, the examiners considered that this was a good question which was poorly answered by a significant number of candidates.
- Features of unsuccessful answers
- Candidates who performed poorly in this question did not emphasise the concurrent presence of asthma in the patient, incorrectly sized a pneumothorax as small and failed to identify the correct site of intercostal catheter insertion.
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