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- D J Williams, S I Jaggar, and C J Morgan.
- Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW6 6NP, UK. davidwilliams@doctors.org.uk
- Br J Anaesth. 2005 Mar 1;94(3):390-2.
AbstractA case is described of extensive subcutaneous emphysema with rapid and life-threatening airway obstruction. The incident followed inadvertent removal of a chest drain in a patient with a persistent air leak from an iatrogenic pneumothorax. The pneumothorax had developed during pacemaker insertion.
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