Tension viscerothorax: An important differential for tension pneumothorax

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 220-221

  McCann, B ^a   O'Gara, A ^a  

^a WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BRADYPNEA; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CRYSTALLOID; DETERIORATION; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; LEG FRACTURE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC, TRAUMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 14944347572     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.008367     Document Type: Article

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