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Avinash Aujayeb1, Calum Donald1, Simon Doe1
1Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK.
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
|June 10, 2015
Abstract:
It is vital to ask about illicit drug smoking in the respiratory history as marijuana smoking augments the detrimental effects of tobacco. We describe the case of a 28 year old marijuana smoker who developed a pneumothorax during a breath-holding competition. Pneumothorax is a common clinical entity that every physician should be aware of how to manage and lifetime risk is considerably increased by smoking and in exposure to barotrauma.