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Bilateral Pneumothorax Following Air Bag Deployment
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Bilateral Pneumothorax Following Air Bag Deployment

Kenneth Morgenstern, Raymond Talucci, Marla S. Kaufman and Louis E. Samuels
Chest, v 114(2), pp 624-626
01 Aug 1998
PMID: 9726756

Abstract

air bags barotrauma pneumothorax
Air bags have been shown to decrease mortality from automobile accidents. Herein is a unique case of bilateral pneumothorax following deployment 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 barotrauma.

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