An uncommon life-threatening complication after chest tube drainage of pneumothorax in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 615-619

  Beng, Sim Tiong ^a,b   Mahadevan, Malcom ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Main Building 1 5 119074   (Singapore)

Author keywords

hypotension; Pneumothorax; pulmonary oedema; re expansion

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRAIN; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; TUBE;

EID: 12444288137     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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