Management of pneumothorax

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 769-779

  Haynes, Demondes ^a   Baumann, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

iatrogenic; management; Pneumothorax; spontaneous; traumatic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CATHETER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

CATHETERIZATION; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG DISEASES; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 78651099251     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1269837     Document Type: Article

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