• Title of article

    Congenital diaphragmatic hernia with gastric volvulus presenting as an acute tension gastrothorax

  • Author/Authors

    Kathleen R. Beckmann، نويسنده , , Charles A. Nozicka، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    35
  • To page
    37
  • Abstract
    This report describes a 3-month-old infant with acute severe respiratory distress in whom a diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with tension gastrothorax and gastric volvulus was made. A review of the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia is presented.
  • Keywords
    Gastric volvulus , acute tension gastrothorax , Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Serial Year
    1999
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Record number

    779570