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| Title: | A CASE OF SUDDEN DEATH DUE TO BILATERAL TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX AFTER ACUPUNCTURE |
| Authors: | Kasuda, Shogo
Morimura, Yoshifumi
Kudo, Risa
Sageshima, Noriko
Sanefuji, Nobuyuki
Ishitani, Akiko
Fukudome, Akrmto
Hatake, Katsuhiko |
| Keywords: | acupuncture
bilateral tension pneumothorax
underlying pulmonary disease
therapeutic points |
| Issue Date: | 31-Dec-2004 |
| Publisher: | 奈良医学会
奈良県立医科大学 |
| Citation: | Journal of Nara Medical Association Vol.55 No.6 p.331-335 |
| Abstract: | We report a case of sudden, unexpected death of a 71-year-old woman due
to bilateral pneumothorax after acupuncture. The patient experienced dyspnea and
subsequently died 6 hours after acupuncture. Autopsy revealed remarkable inferior
displacement of the left hemidiaphragm and hemorrhages on the surface of both inferior
pulmonary lobes. The deceased had no risk factors for pneumothorax; no underlying
pulmonary disease was found and the needles had not been inserted at dangerous
therapeutic points. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a death due to
pneumothorax after acupuncture that occurred in the absence of relevant risk factors. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10564/257 |
| ISSN: | 13450069 |
| Appears in Collections: | Vol.55 No.6
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