Headaches, Opiates and Kyphoscoliosis — A Dangerous Mixture:
1987
Acute respiratory failure is a recognised complication of kyphoscoliosis, but such individuals exhibit a wide range of cardiorespiratory dysfunction ranging from clinically insignificant disease to severe respiratory failure and eventual death.1 We report a 49 year old lady with adolescent kyphoscoliosis who presented to her general practitioner with nocturnal headaches of such severity that opiates were given pending transfer to hospital over a distance of 50 miles. This induced acute respiratory failure for which assisted ventilation was required.
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