Two patients with the same type of iatrogenic disease

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 389-391

  Vandooren, B ^a   Haenebalcke, C ^a   Bogaerts, Yves ^a  

^a Sint Jan General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYGEN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TRANSFER FACTOR; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYPNEA; VITAL CAPACITY; WHEEZING;

AGED; BONE CEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 13844256115     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00040904     Document Type: Article

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