Acute respiratory failure secondary to dilatation of herniated stomach.
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.
Fraisse
Thibaut Claude
TC
Service de Médecine Interne A-Pneumologie, CHU G. Doumergue, 5 Rue Hoche, F-30000 Nîmes, France.
Favier
Laurent
L
Gatecel
Claire
C
Peyriere
Hélène
H
De Varax
Roland
R
Vincent
Denis
D