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Congenital lobar emphysema

Divya Chandran-Mahaldar1, Subbaih Kumar, Kathamuthu Balamurugan

  • 1Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Center, Lakearea, Madurai TN 625107.

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
|July 20, 2010
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Congenitallobar emphysemaHyperinflation of emphysematous lungNeonatal anaesthesiaPositive pressure ventilation

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