Spontaneous hemothorax: A comprehensive review

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1056-1065

  Ali, Hakim Azfar ^a   Lippmann, Michael ^a   Mundathaje, Uday ^a   Khaleeq, Ghulam ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Endometriosis; Exostoses; Fibrothorax; Hemothorax; Neoplasia; Spontaneous pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DANAZOL; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA DISSECTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXOSTOSIS; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 55849140180     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0725     Document Type: Article

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