Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum: A Comparative Study and Review of the Literature

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 962-966

  Caceres, Manuel ^a,b   Ali, Syed Z ^a   Braud, Rebecca ^c   Weiman, Darryl ^b   Garrett Jr , H Edward ^b,d  

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49549112301     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.067     Document Type: Article

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