A case of sudden death due to bilateral tension pneumothorax after acupuncture

Journal of Nara Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 331-335

  Kasuda, Shogo ^a   Morimura, Yoshifumi ^a   Kudo, Risa ^a   Sageshima, Noriko ^a   Sanefuji, Nobuyuki ^a   Ishitani, Akiko ^a   Fukudome, Akihito ^a   Hatake, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Bilateral tension pneumothorax; Therapeutic points; Underlying pulmonary disease

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 13444259555     PISSN: 13450069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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