Bilateral pneumothorax: An unusual complication of normal delivery

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1167, 2002, Pages

  Singh, Meera ^a   Sangalli, Michel R ^a   Tuohy, Jeremy ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG AUSCULTATION; NULLIPARA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; LABOR COMPLICATION; LUNG; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREGNANCY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 18144451414     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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