Bochdalek hernia masquerading as a tension pneumothorax

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-394

  Dalton, A Mark ^a   Hodgson, R S ^b   Crossley, C ^a  

^a Hemel Hempstead General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b East and North Herts Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOCHDALEK HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 2342457129     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2002.004697     Document Type: Article

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