title: Breath-holding in a marijuana smoker.
abstract: It is vital to ask about illicit drug smoking in the respiratory history as marijuana smoking augments the detrimental effects of tobacco. We describe the case of a 28 year old marijuana smoker who developed a pneumothorax during a breath-holding competition. Pneumothorax is a common clinical entity that every physician should be aware of how to manage and lifetime risk is considerably increased by smoking and in exposure to barotrauma.
authors.affiliation: Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK.
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aujayeb
authors.affiliation: Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK.
authors.forename: Calum
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Donald
authors.affiliation: Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doe
keywords: Barotrauma; CT, Computerised tomography; Marijuana; PTx, Pneumothorax; Pneumothorax