Air embolism from pneumopyelography

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 267-

  Varkarakis, John ^a   Su, Li Ming ^a   Hsu, Thomas H S ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism, air; Kidney calculi; Pneumoradiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERTENSION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PNEUMOPYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER CATHETER; URETER STENT; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0037213531     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64084-0     Document Type: Article

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