Supplemental oxygen improves resolution of injury-induced pneumothorax

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 998-1001

  Zierold, Dustin ^a   Lee, Steven L ^a   Subramanian, Sreekumar ^a   Dubois, Jeffrey J ^a,b  

^a DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic pneumothorax; Pneumothorax management; Supplemental oxygen; Traumatic pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034039505     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2000.6952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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