Successful management of occult pneumothorax without tube thoracostomy despite positive pressure ventilation

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 958-961

  Barrios, Cristobal ^a   Tran, Tuan ^a   Malinoski, Darren ^a   Lekawa, Michael ^a   Dolich, Matthew ^a   Lush, Stephanie ^a   Hoyt, David ^a   Cinat, Marianne E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; DRAIN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX DRAINAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADULT; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 55949088214     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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