Bronchoscopy in the blast injury patient

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 806-809

  Eckert, Matthew J ^a   Clagett, Cynthia ^a   Martin, Matthew ^a   Azarow, Kenneth ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLAST INJURY; BRONCHOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LUNG DEPOSIT; LUNG INJURY; MUCOSAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY;

BLAST INJURIES; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TRACHEA; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 33747596423     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.8.806     Document Type: Article

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