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A 35 year old man presents to ED with 2 days of left sided pleuritic chest pain and slight dyspnoea on climbing the stairs. PSP management

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A 39 year old man presents with sudden onset right sided pleuritic pain. He smokes marijuana. SpO2 on air 96%. PSP management

Empirical Formula; Molecular Formula; Balancing Chemical Equations

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Motor vehicle accident 30 minutes ago. Driver, no airbag, bent steering wheel. Alert complaining of chest pain. Tension pneumothorax

Ionic Formulas; Polyatomic Ions; Transition Metals; Covalent Molecular Compounds; Naming Acids

Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1768-1841) British surgeon and anatomist.

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A 22 year old known IV drug user is found collapsed and admitted hypotensive with altered consciousness.

Chemical Bonding: Ionic Bonds; Molecular Bonds; Hydrogen Bonds; Valence Electrons; Polyatomic Ion bonding.

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