Pneumomediastinum and (bilateral) pneumothorax after high energy trauma: Indications for emergency bronchoscopy

High energy trauma may cause injury to tracheobronchial structures. This is sometimes difficult to diagnose immediately. Pneumomediastinum and (bilateral) pneumothorax seen on a CT-scan of the thorax may suggest possible damage to central airways. Emergency bronchoscopy should be performed to detect...

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Autores principales: Groenendijk, Martijn R., Hartemink, Koen J., Dickhoff, Chris, Geeraedts, Leo M.G., Terra, Maartje, Thoral, Patrick, Hashemi, Sayed M.S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.06.003

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