Tension pneumothorax as a complication of colonoscopy

Endoscopy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 190-

  Hearnshaw, Sarah A ^a   Oppong, K ^a   Jaques, B ^a   Thompson, N P ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PAIN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOXIA; CELIAC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMOTHORAX;

EID: 0842303645     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-814191     Document Type: Article

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