DIAPHRAGMATIC FLUTTER

1950; American Medical Association; Volume: 143; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1950.82910370001008

ISSN

2376-8118

Autores

WILLIAM J. SENTER,

Tópico(s)

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies

Resumo

This 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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