Respiratory Distress in Infants and Congenital Lobar Emphysema
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Congenital Lobar Emphysema in Infants.
Congenital lobar emphysema in infants is a disorder that is detected most often in newborns or young infants. We report here the case of a 4-month-old infant who at two months suddenly presented upper respiratory infections, treated symptomatically, but evolution showed shortness of breath, wheezing, weight deficit. Thoracic ultrasound revealed left upper lobe hyperinflation causing mediastinal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Haseki Tıp Bülteni
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1302-0072
DOI: 10.4274/haseki.2014