Air travel and pneumothorax

Chest

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 688-694

  Hu, Xiaowen ^a   Cowl, Clayton T ^b   Baqir, Misbah ^b   Ryu, Jay H ^b  

^a ANHUI PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AVIATION; BAROTRAUMA; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPHYSEMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG BULLA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

AIR TRAVEL; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898736823     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-2363     Document Type: Note

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