Hemorrhage from an enlarged emphysematous bulla during commercial air travel

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1275-1277

  Chen, Chien Wen ^a   Perng, Wann Cherng ^a   Li, Min Hui ^b   Yan, Horng Chin ^a   Wu, Chin Pyng ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air travel; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Emphysematous bullae; Pulmonary barotraumas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AVIATION; AWARENESS; BAROTRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; LUNG BULLA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR PRESSURE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TRAVEL;

EID: 33845400212     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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