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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 1997
Review Case ReportsSpontaneous pneumothoraces, pneumomediastinum, and pneumoperitoneum: consequences of smoking crack cocaine.
- J L Uva.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 1997 Feb 1; 13 (1): 24-6.
AbstractThe combination of pneumothoraces, pneumomediastinum, and pneumoperitoneum is a rare consequence of smoking crack cocaine. This is a report of this trilogy of findings in a 17-year-old girl who attempted suicide by smoking crack cocaine. This case is important to the emergency physician because the increase in crack cocaine use among the adolescent population.
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