TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1976//
TI  - Blast injuries to the lungs: clinical presentation, management and course
JO  - Injury
A1  - Caseby, N. G.
A1  - Porter, M. F.
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-1383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -