TY - JOUR
T1 - Pneumothorax in drug abusers
T2 - A complication of internal jugular venous injections
AU - Bell, Charlotte
AU - Borak, Jonathan
AU - Loeffler, John R.
PY - 1983/3
Y1 - 1983/3
N2 - We report the cases of six patients who suffered pneumothorax following admitted drug injection into the internal jugular vein area. One was treated in the hospital with observation and serial roentgenograms, two were treated with chest tube thoracostomy, and three left the emergency department against medical advice and were lost to follow up. As increasing numbers of parenteral addicts turn to central venous injection sites, this complication is likely to become more common.
AB - We report the cases of six patients who suffered pneumothorax following admitted drug injection into the internal jugular vein area. One was treated in the hospital with observation and serial roentgenograms, two were treated with chest tube thoracostomy, and three left the emergency department against medical advice and were lost to follow up. As increasing numbers of parenteral addicts turn to central venous injection sites, this complication is likely to become more common.
KW - IJV
KW - drug abuse, pneumothorax
KW - pneumothorax, drug abuse
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U2 - 10.1016/S0196-0644(83)80561-7
DO - 10.1016/S0196-0644(83)80561-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 6829996
AN - SCOPUS:0020540607
VL - 12
SP - 167
EP - 170
JO - Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians
JF - Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians
SN - 0196-0644
IS - 3
ER -