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Abstract
Many patients with acute asthma are treated with intermittent positive-pressure breathing (I.P.P.B.) devices. The development of pneumothorax in two fatal cases and its association with I.P.P.B suggests that this complication may be an important hazard in the treatment of acute asthma.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 48056 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(75)93003-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321