The Macklin effect: pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma
Pneumomediastinum, also known as mediastinal emphysema, is due to air collections surrounding the mediastinum. It is reported that up to 10% of patient with blunt chest trauma will develop pneumomediastinum and in less than 2% of patients, pneumomediastinum results from blunt tracheobronchial...
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| description | Pneumomediastinum, also known as mediastinal
emphysema, is due to air collections surrounding the
mediastinum. It is reported that up to 10% of patient
with blunt chest trauma will develop
pneumomediastinum and in less than 2% of patients,
pneumomediastinum results from blunt
tracheobronchial lesions1
• Pneumopericardium in
adults is a rare disorder and may be seen most
commonly after blunt chest trauma in combination with
pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum 2. |
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| spelling | iium-451012015-10-15T01:27:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45101/ The Macklin effect: pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma Baharudin , Abdullah Razali, Mohd Sayuti Shahid, Hassan RF Otorhinolaryngology Pneumomediastinum, also known as mediastinal emphysema, is due to air collections surrounding the mediastinum. It is reported that up to 10% of patient with blunt chest trauma will develop pneumomediastinum and in less than 2% of patients, pneumomediastinum results from blunt tracheobronchial lesions1 • Pneumopericardium in adults is a rare disorder and may be seen most commonly after blunt chest trauma in combination with pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum 2. Malaysian Medical Associations 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45101/1/Pneumomediastinum_and_Pneumopericardium_following_blunt_chest_trauma.pdf Baharudin , Abdullah and Razali, Mohd Sayuti and Shahid, Hassan (2006) The Macklin effect: pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 61 (3). pp. 371-373. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/2006/v61n3/Pneumomediastinum.pdf |
| spellingShingle | RF Otorhinolaryngology Baharudin , Abdullah Razali, Mohd Sayuti Shahid, Hassan The Macklin effect: pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma |
| title | The Macklin effect: pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma |
| title_full | The Macklin effect: pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma |
| title_fullStr | The Macklin effect: pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Macklin effect: pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma |
| title_short | The Macklin effect: pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma |
| title_sort | macklin effect: pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma |
| topic | RF Otorhinolaryngology |
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