Aspirated safety pin requiring thoracotomy: Report of a case and review

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 397-400

  Causey, Alan L ^a,b   Talton, David S ^a   Miller, Richard C ^a   Warren, E Taliaferro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirated safety pin; Bronchoscopy; Foreign body aspiration; Thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLASTY; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHI; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INHALATION; MALE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0031469814     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199712000-00011     Document Type: Article

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