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01-11-2014 | Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine

Difficult needle decompression of bilateral tension pneumothoraces in an obese female patient

Authors: Stanislas Ledochowski, Grégory Axiotis, Florent Wallet, Arnaud Friggeri

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 11/2014

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Needle decompression of the pleural space can be salvatory before tube thoracostomy in tension pneumothoraces. However, choosing between the second intercostal space (ICS) in the midclavicular line (anterior approach) or the fifth ICS in the anterior axillary line (lateral approach) can sometimes be difficult, especially in women. …

Title: Difficult needle decompression of bilateral tension pneumothoraces in an obese female patient
Authors: Stanislas Ledochowski
Grégory Axiotis
Florent Wallet
Arnaud Friggeri
Publication date: 01-11-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3434-1

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