Airway obstruction arising from blood clot: Three reports and a review of the literature

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 293-300

  Arney, Keane L ^a   Judson, Marc A ^a   Sahn, Steven A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial blood clot; Hemoptysis; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032906954     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.1.293     Document Type: Article

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