Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A rare benign entity

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 774-776

  Gerazounis, Michalis ^a   Athanassiadi, Kalliopi ^a   Kalantzi, Nikolitsa ^a   Moustardas, Marios ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141742221     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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