A case of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax developed into tension pneumothorax

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-32

  Takahashi, Satoshi ^a,b   Yokoyama, Takatoshi ^a   Ninomiya, Norifumi ^b   Yokota, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamamoto, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a Seichikai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax; Tension pneumothorax; Young male patient

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; HEART RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 33644680882     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.73.29     Document Type: Article

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