| Literature DB >> 15579486 |
D J Williams1, S I Jaggar, C J Morgan.
Abstract
A case is described of extensive subcutaneous emphysema with rapid and life-threatening airway obstruction. The incident followed inadvertent removal of a chest drain in a patient with a persistent air leak from an iatrogenic pneumothorax. The pneumothorax had developed during pacemaker insertion.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15579486 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei039
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Anaesth ISSN: 0007-0912 Impact factor: 9.166