DIAPHRAGMATIC FLUTTER
1950; American Medical Association; Volume: 143; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.1950.82910370001008
ISSN2376-8118
Autores Tópico(s)Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
ResumoThis is a follow-up report of a patient whose case has been followed inThe Journalfrom time to time.1 On June 15, 1948 a 76 year old white man was admitted to Lawson Veterans' Administration Hospital, Chamblee, Ga., with severe pain in the left side of the chest. He gave the following history: He had been a "radar operator" on a merchant steamer on which there had been an explosion off Cape Hatteras ten days previously. He had been thrown from the radio room, with a resultant concussion of the chest. He was admitted to the Marine Hospital, Norfolk, Va., where he began coughing up blood from the "right chest." A phrenic nerve operation was done on the right side to control the hemorrhage. Since the patient was anxious to visit relatives in Florida, he left the hospital after four or five days, against medical advice. His journey carried
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