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SUBMITTER: Sabath BF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685333 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sabath Bruce F BF Lin Julie J Salahuddin Moiz M Grosu Horiana H
Respiratory medicine case reports 20221119
Laceration of an intercostal artery is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication of pleural procedures such as thoracentesis. Recognition of this problem often occurs late in the bleeding process, only after hemodynamic decompensation has occurred. Aggressive and emergent measures are usually undertaken such as angiographic embolization or thoracotomy. In our review of the literature, manual pressure over the pleural space is not described as an intervention in case reports or case series ...[more]