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A 28-year-old, healthy pregnant patient developed bilateral pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, pneumoretroperitoneum and pneumoperitoneum following endotracheal intubation and manual ventilation during general anesthesia for breech extraction. It is likely that positive-pressure ventilation was the cause for this very rare combination of complications. Early recognition and treatment may prevent such a catastrophe.
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Evron, S., Beyth, Y., Samueloff, A. et al. Pulmonary complications following endotracheal intubation for anesthesia in breech extraction. Intensive Care Med 11, 223–225 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272411
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