Severe subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum secondary to noninvasive ventilation support in status asthmaticus
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Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema in status asthmaticus, requiring surgical decompression.
Leakage of air into the interstitial tissues of the lungs of sufficient degree to produce pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema is an uncommon and potentially fatal complication of bronchial asthma in childhood. Another possibly fatal complication of similar causation is tension pneumothorax. It is possible that interstitial emphysema occurs more frequently in severe asthma and allied st...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0972-5229,1998-359X
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.180047