Boerhaave syndrome presenting as massive hemothorax

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-203

  Phelan, Herb A ^a   Brakenridge, Scott C ^b   Rutland, Travis J ^b   Maltese, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; BLUNT TRAUMA; FALLING; FATALITY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; SYNDROME; THORAX INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; SYNDROME; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 63249113350     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318186be00     Document Type: Article

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