2006, Number 6
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Rev Mex Pediatr 2006; 73 (6)
Pulmonary contusion without respiratory repercussion in a child
Valenzuela GL, Martínez VE, Maltos VW, Rodríguez BI, Arturo Garza AA
Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 284-286
PDF size: 133.02 Kb.
ABSTRACT
The pulmonary contusion has been attributed to an abrupt compression of the thorax, just as in the resuscitation maneuvers. In this report we describe a case of severe pulmonary contusion in a boy of 15 months of age with hemophilia, without respiratory repercussion.
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