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Does anyone know why the trachea shifts in a pneumonthorax?
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Pressure: The high pressure that is produced when air gets into pleural space is so great, that it pushes the trachea to the other side.
Answered 10/12/2012
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Two reasons: In a tension pneumothorax, the pressure from the trapped air on one side forces the trachea and remaining lung over to one side. In just a regular pneumothorax, the pressure from the normal side pushes over the collopsed side and the trachea gets pushed with it.
Answered 1/2/2015
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