Pneumopericardium in blunt chest trauma after high-speed motor vehicle accidents

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-86

  Ladurner, Roland ^a   Qvick, Lars M ^a   Hohenbleicher, Felix ^a   Hallfeldt, Klaus K ^a   Mutschler, Wolf ^a   Mussack, Thomas ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ULTRASOUND;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 12744256704     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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