A 22-year-old male presents with left-sided chest pain and breathlessness after a road traffic accident. Examination reveals absent left-sided breath sounds. CT Chest image is shown below (showing bowel loops within the left hemithorax). What is the diagnosis of this patient?
Bowel loops herniation
Following blunt trauma (RTA) with left-sided absent breath sounds and a CT chest showing bowel loops within the thoracic cavity, the diagnosis is traumatic diaphragmatic rupture with herniation of abdominal bowel loops into the thorax, not a simple pneumothorax or effusion.
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2. Risk factors for TRALI include high titre anti-HLA class II antibodies in donor plasma.
3. TRALI due to cytokines or chemokines can occur even in the absence of HLA mediated interactions.
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Which one of the following is NOT an appropriate criterion for diagnosis of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)?
- All of the following are signs of Brain death EXCEPT:
- Which of the following are the components of the SOFA (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) ?
1. Serum bilirubin
2. Platelet count
3. Leucococyte count
4. Serum Creatinine
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1. Pericardial tamponade
2. Pulmonary thrombo-embolism
3. Hyperthermia
4. Hypokalemia
Select the correct answer using the code given below : Consider the following statements:
Acute respiratory distress syndrome characteristically occurs in
1. Gram negative septicaemia
2. Gastric aspiration
3. Pancreatitis
4. Severe burns
5. Myocarditis
Which of the statements given above are correct?
