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Case Reports
. 2017 Sep;21(9):607-609.
doi: 10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_108_17.

Iatrogenic Bilateral Simultaneous Pneumothorax: Call for Vigilance

Sunil Kumar Garg  1 , Pragya Garg  1 , Nidhi Anchan  1 , Ashish Jaiswal  1
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Iatrogenic Bilateral Simultaneous Pneumothorax: Call for Vigilance

Sunil Kumar Garg et al. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep.

Abstract

Iatrogenic pneumothorax refers to the pneumothorax generated after diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. We report the case of a 40-year-old male who had bilateral simultaneous iatrogenic pneumothorax with pneumomediastinum leading to cardiac arrest situation, due to wrong placement of nebulization kit in spontaneously breathing intubated patient. We report this case for its rarity, due to the critical importance of this cause as a etiology of bilateral simultaneous iatrogenic pneumothorax leading to cardiac arrest situation, and need to understand the importance of continuous training and stress of emergency environment.

Keywords: Iatrogenic bilateral pneumothorax; pneumomediastinum; simultaneous iatrogenic bilateral pneumothorax.

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Bilateral pneumothorax with pneumomediastinum
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T-connector attached to T-piece nebulization chamber
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