Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: Experience in 18 adult patients

Lung

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-14

  Mondello, Baldassare ^a   Pavia, Rosaria ^a   Ruggeri, Paolo ^a   Barone, Mario ^a   Barresi, Pietro ^a   Monaco, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediastinal emphysema; Pneumomediastinum; Spontaneous pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847102161     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-006-0002-7     Document Type: Article

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