TY - JOUR T1 - Response: tension pneumothorax prevalence grossly exaggerated JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 865 LP - 865 VL - 24 IS - 12 AU - C Lee AU - K M Porter Y1 - 2007/12/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/24/12/865.2.abstract N2 - In our article we stated:“tension pneumothorax is a rare prehospital event, particularly in blunt trauma”“it is difficult to assess the exact numbers accurately as thoracocentesis is often performed in the absence of a true tension pneumothorax”“recent studies show … ER -