Extensive Pulmonary Laceration in Pediatric Trauma
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Extensive pulmonary laceration in pediatric trauma.
A 5-year-old male with a history of frequent upper respiratory infections presented following a motor vehicle crash as an unrestrained, ejected passenger. CT of the chest and abdomen showed a small liver laceration, multifocal peripheral lung opacities ( fig. 1 , black arrows) and extensive lung laceration ( fig. 1 , white arrow). The patient required supplemental oxygen, but no surgical interv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiration
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1423-0356,0025-7931
DOI: 10.1159/000140696