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Bilateral pneumothorax following tracheal intubation
1Department of Anaesthesia, R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta, India.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
An elderly patient undergoing elective cholecystectomy, developed bilateral pneumothorax following intubation of the trachea and manual ventilation of the lungs. Diagnosis was confirmed by chest x-ray and drainage with wide bore cannulae. Drainage of the chest was necessary.