TY - JOUR T1 - Cementing an unwanted relationship JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 766 LP - 766 DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209475 VL - 72 IS - 8 AU - Chia-Hao Chang AU - Li-Ta Keng AU - Jen-Chung Ko Y1 - 2017/08/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/72/8/766.abstract N2 - A 93-year-old male with COPD, hypertension and stroke presented to the emergency department with cough and dyspnoea. Two months before this episode, he had suffered a compression fracture and therefore received first and second lumbar vertebroplasty with cement implantation. In the emergency department, his oxygen saturation was 88% while breathing ambient air; his other vital signs were normal. Physical examination revealed crackles over his bilateral lung field.A laboratory test revealed leucocytosis and a mild elevation of the C reactive protein level. A chest … ER -