Reexpansion pulmonary edema after treatment of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous tension pneumothorax

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kwon, Jong Bum ^a   Choi, Si Young ^b   Kim, Chi Kyung ^c   Park, Chan Beom ^c  

^a Daejeon St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chest tubes; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHEST TUBE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX DRAINAGE; PULMONARY EDEMA;

CHEST TUBES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 84875687624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-62     Document Type: Article

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