Etiologies of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in Children of Different Ages

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 190-195

  Lee, Chia Ying ^a   Wu, Chou Chieh ^a   Lin, Ching Yuang ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

air leakage; mediastinum emphysema; spontaneous pneumomediastinum; subcutaneous emphysema

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NECK PAIN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REST; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TAIWAN; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; WHEEZING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70449701938     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60062-0     Document Type: Article

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