Bronchial tear in a child after a liquid petroleum gas tank explosion

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 443-444

  Demirbag, Suzi ^a   Cetinkursun, Salih ^a   Surer, Ilhami ^a   Ozturk, Haluk ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETHALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUTURING METHOD; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE FLAP;

BRONCHI; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PETROLEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 23044470757     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000169436.44562.26     Document Type: Article

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