Pneumothorax in a Blunt Trauma Patient

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-203

  Yiadom, Maame Yaa Maya A B ^a   Platz, Elke ^a   Brown, David F M ^b   Nadel, Eric S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART RHYTHM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 47949115465     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.05.014     Document Type: Note

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