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An 80-year-old man presented with a tension pneumocephalus after burr-hole drainage of a subdural haematoma.
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St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, afd. Intensive Care, Postbus 90.151, 5000 LC Tilburg. a.kotsopoulos@elisabeth.nl
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003243:Consciousness; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D020199:Hematoma, Subdural, Acute / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome