Epidural air associated with spontaneous pneumomediastinum in children: Uncommon complication?

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 923-927

  Kono, Tatsuo ^a   Kuwashima, Shigeko ^a   Fujioka, Mutsuhisa ^a   Kobayashi, Chie ^b   Koike, Kazutoshi ^b   Tsuchida, Masahiro ^b   Seki, Ichiro ^c  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ibaraki Children's Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural air; Intraspinal air; Pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPHYSEMA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36649009141     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02480.x     Document Type: Article

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