Arterial air embolism as a complication of blunt thoracic trauma;Arterielle luftembolie als komplikation des stumpfen thoraxtraumas

Anaesthesist

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 452-454

  Gotz Albrod S ^a   Knuttgen D ^a   Paul, A ^b   Doehn, M ^a  

^a KRANKENHAUS MERHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung contusion; Systemic air embolism; Thoracic trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LUNG CONTUSION; MALE; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ADULT; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032775808     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001010050730     Document Type: Article

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