title: Complications of a pressure sore of the chest wall: case report.
abstract: A female tetraplegic patient developed a pressure sore of the chest wall leading to an empyema of the lung and respiratory failure. The pressure sore resulted from the commonly practised habit of grasping the upright of the wheel chair with the upper arm in order to gain stability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre, Odstock Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004653:Empyema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D014910:Wheelchairs