Difficult needle decompression of bilateral tension pneumothoraces in an obese female patient

Intensive Care Med. 2014 Nov;40(11):1749-50. doi: 10.1007/s00134-014-3434-1. Epub 2014 Aug 15.

Authors

Stanislas Ledochowski¹, Grégory Axiotis, Florent Wallet, Arnaud Friggeri

Affiliation

¹ Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon Sud University Hospital, Pierre-Bénite Cedex, 69495, France, [email protected].

PMID: 25118866
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3434-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic
Decompression, Surgical / instrumentation*
Female
Humans
Needles*
Obesity / complications*
Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging*
Pneumothorax / surgery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Young Adult