Fire-eating: Hazards of hydrocarbon aspiration

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 567-569

  Guandalini, M ^a   Steinke, K ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Computed tomography; Hydrocarbon; Pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FIRE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYALGIA; NECROSIS; OCCUPATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMATOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FIRES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35448980000     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01892.x     Document Type: Article

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