Bilateral pneumothorax following air bag deployment.

Chest

Department of General Surgery, Allegheny University Hospitals, Hahnemann Division, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.

Published: August 1998

Air bags have been shown to decrease mortality from automobile accidents. Herein is a unique case of bilateral pneumothorax following deployment and rupture of an air bag with no other associated chest trauma. One may posit that rupture of the air bag allowed high-pressure gases to be expelled into the patient's lungs resulting in explosive barotrauma.

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