Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: Is a chest X-ray enough? A single-center case series

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 575-578

  Esayag, Yaacov ^a   Furer, Victoria ^a   Izbicki, Gabriel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Pleuritic chest pain; Spontaneous pneumomediastinum; Subcutaneous emphysema; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 55249127076     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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