BILATERAL PNEUMOTHORAX FOLLOWING AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT

Authors
MORGENSTERN K TALUCCI R KAUFMAN MS SAMUELS LE
Citation
K. Morgenstern et al., BILATERAL PNEUMOTHORAX FOLLOWING AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, Chest, 114(2), 1998, pp. 624-626
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
114
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
624 - 626
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1998)114:2<624:BPFABD>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Air bags have been shown to decrease mortality from automobile acciden ts. Herein is a unique case of bilateral pneumothorax following deploy ment and rupture of an air bag with no other associated chest trauma. One may posit that rupture of the air bag allowed high-pressure gases to be expelled into the patient's lungs resulting in explosive barotra uma.