Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: Analysis of 62 consecutive adult patients

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 417-421

  Iyer, Vivek N ^a   Joshi, Avni Y ^a   Ryu, Jay H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CYST; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 66149161803     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/84.5.417     Document Type: Article

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