Blast lung injury from an explosion on a civilian bus

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 165-172

  Pizov, Reuuen ^a,c   Oppenheim Eden, Arieh ^b   Matot, Idit ^a   Weiss, Yoram G ^c   Eidelman, Leonid A ^a   Rivkind, Avraham I ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine ^*  (Israel)

^b Trauma Unit   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

ARDS; Blast trauma; High frequency jet ventilation; Lung barotrauma; Mechanical ventilation; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BAROTRAUMA; BLAST INJURY; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032906580     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.1.165     Document Type: Article

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