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- Title
Pneumomediastinum complicating acute asthma.
- Authors
Gleeson, M; McEnery, T; Gaine, S
- Abstract
This article discusses the case of a 19-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with acute asthma and developed pneumomediastinum, a condition where air is present within the mediastinum. The patient was treated according to the hospital's acute asthma management protocol and her pneumomediastinum was managed conservatively. The article highlights the importance of maintaining a high level of clinical suspicion in cases with atypical features or failure to improve with conventional treatment. Pneumomediastinum is usually benign, but fulminant respiratory failure can occur.
- Subjects
CHEST pain; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; ASTHMA; OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; SUBCUTANEOUS emphysema; INTERSTITIAL lung diseases; LUNG diseases
- Publication
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2024, Vol 117, Issue 3, p229
- ISSN
1460-2725
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/qjmed/hcad263