Tension gastrothorax: a rare cause of breathlessness
- Emergency Department, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK
- Correspondence to Dr James William Gagg, Emergency Department, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Taunton TA1 5DA, UK; james.gagg{at}tst.nhs.uk
- Received 10 December 2012
- Revised 10 December 2012
- Accepted 11 December 2012
- Published Online First 8 January 2013
A 67-year-old lady presented to the emergency department with a 4 day history of breathlessness for which she had started clarithromycin. She had a history of a hiatal hernia repair in 1996 and had recently started inhalers for presumed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Her pulse was 101 bpm, blood pressure 174/120 mm Hg, respiratory rate …
