The clinical significance of pneumorachis: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 736-744

  Chaichana, Kaisorn L ^a   Pradilla, Gustavo ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Bydon, Ali ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraspinal air; Pneumorachis; Spinal emphysema

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; DEXAMETHASONE; ETIRACETAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACERATION; LIMB PAIN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMORACHIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINE SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERTEBRAL CANAL; X RAY;

ADULT; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL DISEASES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 77949432113     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181c46dd3     Document Type: Article

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