Tension pneumothorax secondary to automatic mechanical compression decompression device

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-146

  Hutchings, A C ^a   Darcy, K J ^b   Cumberbatch, G L A ^b  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC COMPRESSION DECOMPRESSION DEVICE; AUTOPSY; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECOMPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEART ARREST; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LACERATION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGIST; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; RIB FRACTURE; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX;

EID: 61749100766     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.035725     Document Type: Article

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