Incidence of iatrogenic pneumothorax following acupuncture treatments in Taiwan.

Shun-Ku LinJui-Ming LiuRen-Jun HsuHeng-Chang ChuangYing-Xue WangPo Hung Lin

Published in: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (2019)

Patients with a history of lung disease including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, tuberculosis, lung cancer and pneumonia, and a history of thoracic surgery, might have an increased post-acupuncture risk of pneumothorax. This information may possibly help physicians avoid post-acupuncture pneumothorax.

Keyphrases

thoracic surgery
primary care
mycobacterium tuberculosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
risk factors
healthcare
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
health information
drug induced
cystic fibrosis
social media
acute respiratory distress syndrome
respiratory failure
human immunodeficiency virus