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ArticleCureus2021

A Case Report of Life-Threatening Hemopneumothorax as a Result of Spinal Manipulation Performed by Chiropractor.

Sohaib Khatib, Taher Sabobeh, Khalid Abdalla, Salil Kulkarni

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sohaib KhatibInternal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
Taher SabobehInternal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
Khalid AbdallaInternal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
Salil KulkarniPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
University of Missouri–Kansas City · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chiropractic is a very popular alternative medicine practice in the United States. Despite that, this practice has been associated with several complications raising concerns for its safety. We report the case of an otherwise healthy 36-years-old, tall and thin male who presented with sudden onset shortness of breath associated with chest pain two days after chiropractic spinal manipulation. Chest imaging revealed left-sided hemopneumothorax required treatment with left-sided chest tube placement. Patients with a high risk of developing primary or secondary pneumothorax should consider avoiding chiropractic chest or spinal manipulations due to possible complications.

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chiropractichemopneumothoraxspinal manipulationspontaneous pneumothoraxtube thoracostomy

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PMID34692274
PMCPMC8523197
OpenAlexW3200940921

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