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| Type: | Journal article |
| Title: | Patient-induced complications of Heimlich flutter valve |
| Author: | Crocker, H. Ruffin, R. |
| Citation: | Chest, 1998; 113(3):838-839 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 1931-3543 |
| Abstract: | Heimlich flutter valves have gained widespread acceptance in the treatment of pneumothorax. However, some features of their design may predispose them to inadvertent misuse. A case of tension pneumothorax is described which resulted from the insertion of a drinking straw into the Heimlich flutter valve assembly. |
| Keywords: | Humans Pneumothorax Drainage Equipment Design Middle Aged Male |
| DOI: | 10.1378/chest.113.3.838 |
| Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.113.3.838 |
| Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Medicine publications |
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