Recovery from blast lung injury. One-year follow-up

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1683-1688

  Hirshberg, Boaz ^b   Oppenheim Eden, Arich ^b   Pizov, Reuven ^b   Sklair Levi, Miri ^b   Rivkin, Abraham ^b   Bardach, Elat ^b   Bublil, Mili ^b   Sprung, Charles ^b   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ARDS; Blast; Lung injury; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLAST INJURY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033381480     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.6.1683     Document Type: Article

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