Pneumomediastinum secondary to mephedrone inhalation

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  McCullough, Chris ^a   Keane, Margaret Geraldine ^b   Hillman, Toby ^c   Elkhodair, Samer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879862039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009961     Document Type: Article

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