Spontaneous pneumothorax in infants: A 10-year review

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 401-403

  Alter, Sherman J ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Pneumocystis carinii infection; Pneumonitis; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; TUBE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OHIO; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031442460     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199712000-00012     Document Type: Article

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