Usage examples (11)

• A hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung.
• The other casualties included an old woman with a GSW to the L chest who had a large L sided hemothorax with 800cc of bloody drainage.
• One case reported to the FDA was of a U.S. patient who in July suffered a serious hemothorax, or blood buildup between the chest wall and lungs.
• However, potential complications include: bleeding infection puncture of the lung (pneumothorax or hemothorax) puncture of the gallbladder with subsequent bile leak