Blast injuries to the lung: Epidemiology and management

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1562, 2011, Pages 295-299

  Mackenzie, Iain M J ^a,b   Tunnicliffe, Bill ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blast injuries; Blast lung; Conventional mechanical ventilation in blast lung injury; HFOV in blast lung injury; Radiology of blast lung injury

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPLOSION; INJURY; VENTILATION;

EID: 79251504291     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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