Assessment of spontaneous pneumomediastinum: Experience with 12 patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1711-1714

  Jougon, Jacques B ^a   Ballester, Michel ^b   Delcambre, Frédéric ^b   Mac Bride, Tarun ^b   Dromer, Claire E H ^b   Velly, Jean François ^b  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0037636648     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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