Acute confusion secondary to pneumocephalus in an elderly patient

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-367

  Chan, Y P ^a   Yau, C Y ^a   Lewis, R R ^a   Kinirons, M T ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air travel; Meningitis; Pneumocephalus; Valsalva manoeuvre

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; BODY POSITION; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; FLIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRCRAFT; BAROTRAUMA; BRAIN; CONFUSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033931255     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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