@article{ref1,
title="Blast injuries to the lungs: clinical presentation, management and course",
journal="Injury",
year="1976",
author="Caseby, N. G. and Porter, M. F.",
volume="8",
number="1",
pages="1-12",
abstract="Five patients with blast injuries to the lungs after bomb explosions are reported. In each patient radiological changes were apparent on the initial chest film taken within 4 hours of the explosions. Arterial hypoxaemia was also present. Four patients were actively treated with continuous positive-pressure ventilation, which was adjudged effective therapy. Two patients died, one owing to bilateral pneumothorax which occurred during anaesthesia, and the other owing to overwhelming infection. Hypoxaemia persisted for 4 months in one of the survivors. Lung function tests which were performed on the same patient 10 monhts after the blast injuries, however, were normal.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-1383",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}