title: Pressurised air injury in a child.
abstract: We report the case of a 7 year old girl, who sustained accidental injury following injection of pressurized air from a bicycle tyre air nozzle. She presented with generalized subcutaneous emphysema along with pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum and pneumorra-chis. The child was recovered completely on conservative management.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive care Unit, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Egmore, Chennai, India. poomuthu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Poovazhagi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thangavelu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shanthi
mesh_terms: D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D058868:Compressed Air / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012188:Retropneumoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*