Breath-holding in a marijuana smoker

It is vital to ask about illicit drug smoking in the respiratory history as marijuana smoking augments the detrimental effects of tobacco. We describe the case of a 28 year old marijuana smoker who developed a pneumothorax during a breath-holding competition. Pneumothorax is a common clinical entity...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Aujayeb, Avinash, Donald, Calum, Doe, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26056987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmedc.2011.07.008
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Sumario:It is vital to ask about illicit drug smoking in the respiratory history as marijuana smoking augments the detrimental effects of tobacco. We describe the case of a 28 year old marijuana smoker who developed a pneumothorax during a breath-holding competition. Pneumothorax is a common clinical entity that every physician should be aware of how to manage and lifetime risk is considerably increased by smoking and in exposure to barotrauma.

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