Urgent Message: For patients with presumed asthma exacerbation, clinicians must maintain a high index of suspicion for other etiologies, including pneumothorax. This may help avoid delays in potentially life-saving interventions when symptoms persist despite treatment or when physical exam findings are atypical. Badi Eghterafi, DO; Nazanin Hazhir Karzar, MD Keywords: asthma, wheezing, chest pain, pneumothorax, spontaneous pneumothorax Abstract Introduction: Large spontaneous pneumothorax is an uncommon but critical complication in patients with asthma. Clinicians evaluating presumed …
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