Another vacation, another medical 'crisis'

Abstract

As I've previously written in my Editorial column, vacations with the Hanauer family are typically adventuresome in one way or another. We've transited through tsunamis, eaten caterpillars and dealt with a variety of acute medical situations, including the emetogenic esophageal tear associated with subcutaneous emphysema that our middle son developed after he suffered a bout of gastroenteritis while we were in Laos several years ago (Hanauer, S. Nat. Clin. Pract. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 2, 161; 2005).