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Nerys Conway1, Shiva Sreenivasan1
1Department of Acute Internal Medicine, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, GL1 3NN Gloucester, United Kingdom.
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
|September 24, 2013
Abstract:
We discuss a 72-year-old woman admitted with acute shortness of breath and severe sharp chest pain several hours after receiving acupuncture therapy. She was subsequently diagnosed as having an iatrogenic pneumothorax secondary to acupuncture. We discuss the complications of acupuncture and why patients should be informed of the risks of such procedures.
