Pneumothorax, an underappreciated complication with an airway exchange catheter

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 659-662

  Rashid, Ali M ^a   Williams, Charles ^a   Noble, Jason ^a   Rashid, Omar M ^b   Takabe, Kazuaki ^b   Anand, Rahul J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway exchange catheters (AEC); Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

AGED; AIRWAY EXCHANGE CATHETER; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; JET VENTILATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; OPERATING ROOM; PULSE OXIMETRY; SHOCK; STOMACH TUBE; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID MASS; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84873616358     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2012.11.03     Document Type: Article

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