Is air an issue? A severe case of subcutaneous emphysema in an immunocompromised patient

Abdominal crepitus and air in the subcutaneous tissue should be recognized early, as the most common etiologies for subcutaneous emphysema are fatal if not treated acutely. We present the case of a patient who developed subcutaneous emphysema as a consequence of the dehiscence of a previously closed...

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Autores principales: Ruiz, Eloy F., Rahni, David O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9127249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35620262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5906
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description Abdominal crepitus and air in the subcutaneous tissue should be recognized early, as the most common etiologies for subcutaneous emphysema are fatal if not treated acutely. We present the case of a patient who developed subcutaneous emphysema as a consequence of the dehiscence of a previously closed gastrocutaneous fistula.
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spelling pubmed-91272492022-05-25 Is air an issue? A severe case of subcutaneous emphysema in an immunocompromised patient Ruiz, Eloy F. Rahni, David O. Clin Case Rep Case Image Abdominal crepitus and air in the subcutaneous tissue should be recognized early, as the most common etiologies for subcutaneous emphysema are fatal if not treated acutely. We present the case of a patient who developed subcutaneous emphysema as a consequence of the dehiscence of a previously closed gastrocutaneous fistula. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9127249/ /pubmed/35620262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5906 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Is air an issue? A severe case of subcutaneous emphysema in an immunocompromised patient
title Is air an issue? A severe case of subcutaneous emphysema in an immunocompromised patient
title_full Is air an issue? A severe case of subcutaneous emphysema in an immunocompromised patient
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title_full_unstemmed Is air an issue? A severe case of subcutaneous emphysema in an immunocompromised patient
title_short Is air an issue? A severe case of subcutaneous emphysema in an immunocompromised patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9127249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35620262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5906
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