Blast lung injury

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-172

  Sasser, Scott M ^a   Sattin, Richard W ^b   Hunt, Richard C ^b,c   Krohmer, Jon ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^d Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Blast injury; Explosions; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLAST INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; EAR INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENERGY; EXPLOSION; EXPOSURE; FORCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYPNEA; TERRORISM; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BLAST INJURIES; HUMANS; LUNG; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644989969     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120500540912     Document Type: Review

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