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Published on: April 7, 2021
Respiratory failure after treatment of pneumothorax
Enrique M Baldessari1, Maria J Arceluz1, Andres Mendez-Villarroel1
1Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
A 40-year-old man presented with an eight day history of left-side pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. Chest examination revealed decreased air entry at the left lung. Chest X-ray examination revealed a large pneumothorax and a chest tube was successfully placed. Two hours after the procedure, auscultation revealed crackles over the left lung and oxygen saturation was 88% on room air. Chest radiography was repeated and showed a fully expanded left lung with alveolar-interstitial infiltrates.
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