title: Acute respiratory failure secondary to dilatation of herniated stomach.
abstract: We report the case of a patient who presented acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to gastric distension secondary to hiatus hernia. This clinical condition may have been induced by an interaction between fluphenazine and ipratropium bromide. This exceptional diagnosis needs to be considered when discussing compressive pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne A-Pneumologie, CHU G. Doumergue, 5 Rue Hoche, F-30000 Nîmes, France.
authors.forename: Thibaut Claude
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Fraisse
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Favier
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gatecel
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peyriere
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Varax
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vincent