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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 1998 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 70-2 |
Successful management of spontaneous pneumothorax during general anaesthesia in a patient with eosinophilia.
KA Shah, A Shetty, LS Chaudhari
Department of Anaesthesia, Seth G. S. Medical College, Mumbai.
Correspondence Address:
K A Shah
Department of Anaesthesia, Seth G. S. Medical College, Mumbai.
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PMID: 0010703575 
A 10-year-old male patient posted for left elbow arthrolysis developed pneumothorax during general anaesthesia. He had history of upper respiratory tract infection and high eosinophil count, which remained high in spite of treatment. In such patients, it is advisable to use steroid pre-operatively & intraoperatively to produce transient eosinopenia so that complications of eosinophilia are avoided.
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