Tension pneumothorax complicating diagnostic upper endoscopy: A case report

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 845-847

  Rai, Anirudh ^a   Iftikhar, Shaukat ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LAVAGE;

EID: 0032978803     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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