When the lung on the affected side of the chest collapses, the heart, blood vessels, and airways are pushed to the centre of the chest, thereby compressing the other lung.
I knew that it was only a matter of time before my chest collapsed, or one of them started stamping on my head and that that would kill me".
But I think it's actually best explained thusly: It's like being suffocated by the constriction of a giant boa snake, a crushing limitation and inevitable ending that you can't muster breath to scream about, arms stuck at your side, chest collapsing.
When we shoulder press, we all overextend our backs at the top, and during the front squats, our chests collapse forward.
Now that the Food and Drug Administration approval with humanitarian device exemption is complete, engineering modifications will make VEPTR more versatile, especially for conditions such as kyphosis and secondary chest wall collapse.
Computed tomographic scan of the patient's chest showed collapse of the left lower lung with central necrosis, bilateral pleural effusions, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy.
The pedagogical rationale for these workshops was to strengthen students' readiness to qualify and work as interns by reviewing key topics (such as acid-base balance, adverse drug events, arrhythmia, blood transfusion, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, chest pain, collapse, confusion, death documentation, drug charts, dyspnoea, electrolyte disturbances, emergency, fever and investigation tasks).
Without allowing your chest to collapse or losing any tension, push up with your legs and arms, driving the bar to its "up" position.
The blood shift prevents the chest from collapsing.
(S/NF) Suddenly, Yang clutched his chest and collapsed to the ground, suffering a massive coronary.
