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5. Take the patient to the operating room for lobar torsion

The patient has lobar torsion of his left lower lobe. There is no evidence of infectious pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary edema, or aortic dissection, the later a contraindication to a counterpulsating balloon pump. The patient was taken back to the operating room. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) demonstrated diffuse hemorrhage in the remaining left lung which appeared non-viable. The patient underwent completion pneumonectomy performed via thoracotomy.

Which of the following are true regarding lobar torsion? (Click on the correct answer to be directed to the eighth and final page)

1. Lobar torsion is often fatal unless quickly recognized
2. Lobar torsion is rare
3. Most commonly occurs in the right middle lobe following right upper lobectomy
4. 1 and 3
5. All of the above

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