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Clinical presentation of air leak in an infant with undiagnosed cystic fibrosis: a case report

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 2015
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Title
Clinical presentation of air leak in an infant with undiagnosed cystic fibrosis: a case report
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13256-015-0620-x
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Mohammed M. Al-Balawi, Khalid Al-Mobaireek, Wadha Alotaibi, Abdullah Al-Shamrani, Khalid S. Ahmad, Suhail Al-Saleh

Abstract

Air leak is a well-recognized complication of advanced cystic fibrosis in older children and adults but is extremely rare in infants. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest reported pediatric case of an air leak from a major airway. A 4-month-old Yamani baby girl with a family history of cystic fibrosis initially presented with a history of a persistent paroxysmal cough for 3 weeks and vomiting for 1 week. Laboratory evaluation indicated pseudo-Bartter's syndrome. Imaging showed a tracheal tear with pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema that was treated conservatively. This case highlights the possibility of air leak in the population of young patients with cystic fibrosis and it shows a successful conservative management of tracheal tear. Physicians should consider cystic fibrosis in infants presenting with air leak.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 18 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 33%
Other 2 11%
Student > Bachelor 2 11%
Librarian 1 6%
Unspecified 1 6%
Other 3 17%
Unknown 3 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 39%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 11%
Psychology 1 6%
Unspecified 1 6%
Unknown 7 39%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 August 2015.
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#17,765,819
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#1,907
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#176,842
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#19
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