Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an adjunctive treatment for acute mediastinitis due to oesophageal perforation: a case report;L'oxygénothérapie hyperbare comme adjuvant pour le traitement d'une médiastinite aiguë par perforation œsophagienne : à propos d'un cas

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 862-864

  Belhadj Amor, M ^a   Dakhlaoui, J ^a   Souissi, H ^b   Balma, A ^a   Labbene I ^a   Ferjani, M ^a  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Centre hyperbare base navale Bizerte   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acute posterior mediastinitis; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS;

EID: 34948831026     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2007.07.073     Document Type: Article

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