Systemic air embolism after lung trauma

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 564-575

  Ho, Anthony M H ^a,b,d   Ling, Elizabeth ^b,c  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; DOG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG VEIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; LUNG; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 0032911413     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199902000-00033     Document Type: Article

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