Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: Diagnostic and therapeutic interventions

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Al Mufarrej, Faisal ^a   Badar, Jehangir ^a   Gharagozloo, Farid ^a,b   Tempesta, Barbara ^b   Strother, Eric ^a   Margolis, Marc ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NAUSEA; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACK PAIN; CHEST PAIN; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; NAUSEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649205529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-3-59     Document Type: Article

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