title: Nitrous oxide and pneumothorax.
abstract: A laparotomy conversion of loop colostomy to Hartmann's resection and drainage of multiple intra-peritoneal abscesses was carried out as an emergency procedure on a seventy-one year old man who also had a pneumothorax. Jean Sang describes the relationship between nitrous oxide and the pneumothorax.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003125:Colostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D009609:Nitrous Oxide