Tension pneumopericardium: A case report and a review of the literature

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 330-331

  Haan, James M ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABETALOL;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PERICARDIOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TENSION PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; AORTA; BLUNT TRAUMA; INJURY; PERICARDIECTOMY; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AORTA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERICARDIECTOMY; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33646933838     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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