A Case of Pseudo-pneumothorax with Complications

Pseudo-pneumothorax occurs after inappropriately diagnosing a pneumothorax based on a chest X-ray. This can be attributed to skin folds, bed sheets, previous pneumothorax, heating blankets, clothes, and other circumstances that may mimic the radiographic findings of a pneumothorax. We present a case...

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Autores principales: Niazi, Azfar K, Minko, Paul, Nahrstedt, Colin J, Morris, Adam R, Saha, Partha J, Elliott, Kavita, Ghaly, Tamer, Ayad, Sabry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Anesthesiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6219861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30430052
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3263
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author Niazi, Azfar K
Minko, Paul
Nahrstedt, Colin J
Morris, Adam R
Saha, Partha J
Elliott, Kavita
Ghaly, Tamer
Ayad, Sabry
author_facet Niazi, Azfar K
Minko, Paul
Nahrstedt, Colin J
Morris, Adam R
Saha, Partha J
Elliott, Kavita
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description Pseudo-pneumothorax occurs after inappropriately diagnosing a pneumothorax based on a chest X-ray. This can be attributed to skin folds, bed sheets, previous pneumothorax, heating blankets, clothes, and other circumstances that may mimic the radiographic findings of a pneumothorax. We present a case where a patient underwent a tube thoracostomy due to the diagnosis of a pneumothorax that was not, in fact, present. The unnecessary intervention was complicated by hemoptysis and cardiac arrest.
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spelling pubmed-62198612018-11-14 A Case of Pseudo-pneumothorax with Complications Niazi, Azfar K Minko, Paul Nahrstedt, Colin J Morris, Adam R Saha, Partha J Elliott, Kavita Ghaly, Tamer Ayad, Sabry Cureus Anesthesiology Pseudo-pneumothorax occurs after inappropriately diagnosing a pneumothorax based on a chest X-ray. This can be attributed to skin folds, bed sheets, previous pneumothorax, heating blankets, clothes, and other circumstances that may mimic the radiographic findings of a pneumothorax. We present a case where a patient underwent a tube thoracostomy due to the diagnosis of a pneumothorax that was not, in fact, present. The unnecessary intervention was complicated by hemoptysis and cardiac arrest. Cureus 2018-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6219861/ /pubmed/30430052 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3263 Text en Copyright © 2018, Niazi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A Case of Pseudo-pneumothorax with Complications
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