Spontaneous pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema: Unusual complications of asthma in a 2-year-old boy

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 466-467

  Ameh, Victor ^a,b   Jenner, R ^a   Jilani, N ^a   Bradbury, A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ALBUTEROL; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; STEROIDS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748633479     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.028829     Document Type: Article

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