Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: Descriptive study of our experience with 36 cases;Neumomediastino espontáneo: Estudio descriptivo de nuestra experiencia basada en 36 casos

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 528-531

  Campillo Soto, A ^a,b   Coll Salinas, A ^a   Soria Aledo, V ^a   Blanco Barrio, A ^a   Flores Pastor, B ^a   Candel Arenas, M ^a   Aguayo Albasini, J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dyspnea, young adults; Mediastinal emphysema; Respiratory emergencies; Spontaneous pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 26844447141     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13078656     Document Type: Article

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