Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A benign curiosity or a significant problem?

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3298-3302

  Newcomb, Andrew E ^a   Clarke, C Peter ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Lung; Marijuana; Mediastinum

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28144453673     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.5.3298     Document Type: Article

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