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In-flight arterial gas emboli from a ruptured bronchogenic cyst

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Edward Mak ,
Ka Wai Cheung  and
Frances Mondor
Edward Mak*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Richmond Hospital, Richmond, BC
Ka Wai Cheung
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Frances Mondor
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Richmond Hospital, Richmond, BC
*
Richmond Hospital, 7000 Westminster Highway, Richmond, BC V6X 1A2; [email protected].

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Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 6 , November 2013 , pp. 385 - 388
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2013

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