Thoracic compartment syndrome secondary to a thoracic procedure: A case report

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1164-1168

  Rizzo, Anne G ^a   Sample, George A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Chest; Decompression; Lung; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALENDRONIC ACID; CLONIDINE; DILTIAZEM; DOBUTAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GEMFIBROZIL; MILRINONE; NORADRENALIN BITARTRATE; PRAZOSIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ACIDOSIS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LOBECTOMY; LUNG LOBE; LUNG NODULE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION;

EID: 0141688388     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.3.1164     Document Type: Article

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