Tension pneumomediastinum after severe vomiting in a 21-year-old female

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 502-503

  Gabor, Sabine Elisabeth ^a   Renner, Heiko ^a   Maier, Alfred ^a   Jüttner, Freyja Maria Smolle ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Mucosal tear; Tension pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; NECK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TENSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 23844483837     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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