The importance of an illicit drug history in the evaluation of suspected spontaneous pneumothorax

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shah, Anand ^a   Paramlal, M ^b  

^a WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG BULLA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960207668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.01.2011.3693     Document Type: Article

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