Is emergency thoracotomy always the most appropriate immediate intervention for systemic air embolism after lung trauma?
Chest
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1999 Jul;116(1):234-7.
doi: 10.1378/chest.116.1.234.
Author
A M Ho
1
Affiliation
1
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT. hoamh@hotmail.com
PMID:
10424531
DOI:
10.1378/chest.116.1.234
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Embolism, Air / etiology
Embolism, Air / surgery*
Emergency Treatment
Humans
Lung Injury*
Thoracotomy*