Management of spontaneous pneumomediastinum based on clinical experience of 25 cases

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1329-1334

  Takada, Kazuto ^a   Matsumoto, Shuuichi ^a   Hiramatsu, Tetsuo ^a   Kojima, Eiji ^a   Watanabe, Hiroaki ^a   Sizu, Masato ^a   Okachi, Shoutarou ^a   Ninomiya, Kiyoko ^a  

^a Komaki Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mediastinal emphysema; Pneumomediastinum; Spontaneous pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48149088290     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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