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Images in emergency medicine
A case of paediatric simulated pneumothorax
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- Pneumothorax
- artifacts
- emergency medicine
- pediatrics
- thoracic radiography
- pneumonia
- quality assurance
- management
- quality assurance
- management
- risk management
- management
- cost efficiency
- clinical assessment
- effectiveness
A 3-year-old girl attended the emergency department (ED) complaining of shortness of breath and cough for the preceding 2 days. On examination there was marked subcostal and intercostal recession, an increased respiratory rate and coarse …
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Competing interests None.
Patient consent Identifying marks on the x-ray accompanying the article have been removed and the patient cannot be identified either from the image or the accompanying text.
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