Emphysema and secondary pneumothorax in young adults smoking cannabis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 834-838

  Beshay, Morris ^a   Kaiser, Heiko ^a   Niedhart, Dagmar ^a   Reymond, Marc A ^b   Schmid, Ralph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Lung emphysema; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 35748950385     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.07.039     Document Type: Article

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