Pneumomediastinum in student aviators: 10 Cases with return to flying duty

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-65

  Grossman, Alon ^a,c   Romem, Ayal ^b   Azaria, Bella ^a   Goldstein, Liav ^b   Barenboim, Erez ^c  

^a ISRAELI AIR FORCE   (Israel)

^b Israeli AF Surgeon General's Office   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aerospace medicine; Aviators; Pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STUDENT; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CHEST PAIN; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LUNG; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 12144256679     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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