Radiologic assessment of potential sites for needle decompression of a tension pneumothorax

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1385-1388

  Wax, David B ^a   Leibowitz, Andrew B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SKIN SURFACE; STERNUM; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 37349015882     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000282827.86345.ff     Document Type: Article

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