ECG with alternating electric axis in relation to left-sided tension pneumothorax: a case report and review of the literature

The incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax has been estimated to 7.4–18.0/100,000 for men and 1.2–6.0/100,000 for women. The most common symptoms are sudden chest pain and dyspnoea. Due to chest pain many patients have an electrocardiogram (ECG) done in the acute setting. We present a case of unusual...

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Autores principales: Schmidt, Diana Chabané, Andersson, Charlotte, Schultz, Hans Henrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30013727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2018.1495982
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description The incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax has been estimated to 7.4–18.0/100,000 for men and 1.2–6.0/100,000 for women. The most common symptoms are sudden chest pain and dyspnoea. Due to chest pain many patients have an electrocardiogram (ECG) done in the acute setting. We present a case of unusual findings of electric alternans in the electrocardiogram (ECG) in a patient with a left-sided spontaneous pneumothorax. Reviewing the literature we found five former cases of pneumothoraxes with electric alternans in the ECG, all occurring in relation to left-sided pneumothorax.
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spelling pubmed-60418172018-07-16 ECG with alternating electric axis in relation to left-sided tension pneumothorax: a case report and review of the literature Schmidt, Diana Chabané Andersson, Charlotte Schultz, Hans Henrik Eur Clin Respir J Case Report The incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax has been estimated to 7.4–18.0/100,000 for men and 1.2–6.0/100,000 for women. The most common symptoms are sudden chest pain and dyspnoea. Due to chest pain many patients have an electrocardiogram (ECG) done in the acute setting. We present a case of unusual findings of electric alternans in the electrocardiogram (ECG) in a patient with a left-sided spontaneous pneumothorax. Reviewing the literature we found five former cases of pneumothoraxes with electric alternans in the ECG, all occurring in relation to left-sided pneumothorax. Taylor & Francis 2018-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6041817/ /pubmed/30013727 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2018.1495982 Text en © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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ECG with alternating electric axis in relation to left-sided tension pneumothorax: a case report and review of the literature
title ECG with alternating electric axis in relation to left-sided tension pneumothorax: a case report and review of the literature
title_full ECG with alternating electric axis in relation to left-sided tension pneumothorax: a case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr ECG with alternating electric axis in relation to left-sided tension pneumothorax: a case report and review of the literature
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title_short ECG with alternating electric axis in relation to left-sided tension pneumothorax: a case report and review of the literature
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