The Macklin effect: A frequent etiology for pneumomediastinum in severe blunt chest trauma

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 543-547

  Wintermark, M ^a   Schnyder, P ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; CT; Diagnostic imaging; Lung; Mediastinal emphysema; Nonpenetrating wounds; Pulmonary interstitial emphysema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSECTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

EID: 0034821011     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.2.543     Document Type: Article

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