Clinical course and outcome of cocaine-induced pneumomediastinum

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-67

  Alnas, Majd ^a   Altayeh, Abdullah ^a   Zaman, Mumtaz ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine inhalation; Pneumothorax; Spontaneous pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; COCAINE; DIATRIZOATE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX PAIN; TUBE;

EID: 75449101784     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181c371da     Document Type: Review

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