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Tension Pneumocephalus in a Tracheostomized, Chronically Ventilated, Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy Patient Without Prior Head Trauma

Tension pneumocephalus is a rare condition that can be a life-threatening neurosurgical emergency. It usually results from head trauma, but there have been case reports of iatrogenic causes including on non-invasive mechanical ventilation. We report a case of pneumocephalus resulting from high mecha...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Vikas, Oduwole, Adedayo, Raminfard, Albert, Barnes, Martin, Le, Thuy-Hong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062510
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10389

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