Pulmonary air embolism in severe head injury

Resuscitation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-115

  Kerner, Thoralf ^a   Fritz, Georg ^a   Unterberg, Andreas ^b   Falke, Konrad J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Brain injury; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTUSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL SINUS; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LACERATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL DISORDER; PARENCHYMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SITTING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0037220598     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00287-3     Document Type: Article

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