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Life threatening nontraumatic tension gastrothorax

Tension gastrothorax is a rare condition, which poses a diagnostic dilemma and can be mistaken for a tension pneumothorax. Awareness of the risk factors, clinical presentation, and radiology findings of tension gastrothorax can help with the prompt identification and successful management of this li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: El Hajj, Ihab I., McCabe, Marshall, Ceppa, DuyKhanh P., Fridell, Jonathan A., Sherman, Stuart
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5930186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29744098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1468
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Sumario:Tension gastrothorax is a rare condition, which poses a diagnostic dilemma and can be mistaken for a tension pneumothorax. Awareness of the risk factors, clinical presentation, and radiology findings of tension gastrothorax can help with the prompt identification and successful management of this life‐threatening condition.