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Pneumothorax secondary to foreign body inhalation in a 20 month old child
Author(s) -
WILKINSON K. A.,
BECKETT W.,
BROWN T. C. K.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1992.tb02621.x
Subject(s) - medicine , inhalation , embarrassment , pneumothorax , foreign body , anesthesia , foreign bodies , foreign body aspiration , surgery , psychology , social psychology
A 20 month old child presented with acute onset of respiratory embarrassment as a result of a left‐sided tension pneumothorax. This proved to be caused by inhalation of an unusual foreign body: the hair from a rag doll.
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