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Case Reports in Critical Care
Volume 2015, Article ID 690742, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/690742
Case Report

Tension Pneumothorax and Subcutaneous Emphysema Complicating Insertion of Nasogastric Tube

Narjis AL Saif, Adel Hammodi, M. Ali Al-Azem, and Rasheed Al-Hubail

Critical Care Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, P.O. Box 15215, Dammam 31444, Saudi Arabia

Received 5 July 2015; Revised 30 August 2015; Accepted 31 August 2015

Academic Editor: Moritoki Egi

Copyright © 2015 Narjis AL Saif et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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