Traumatic tension pneumocephalus: A case report

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
² Department of Medical Record, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
³ Department of Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University), Hangzhou 310023, China.

Zhao-Kun Fan et al. World J Emerg Med. 2022.

. 2022;13(3):251-253.

doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2022.053.

¹ Department of Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
² Department of Medical Record, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
³ Department of Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University), Hangzhou 310023, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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