Acute respiratory failure as a first manifestation of syringomyelia

Lung India

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-95

  Al Bashapshe, Ali ^a   Bhatia, Harsha ^a   Aziz, Shahid ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hypercapnia; Respiratory failure; Syringomyelia; Syrinx

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG EXAMINATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 77953381418     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.63614     Document Type: Article

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