Spontaneous pneumothorax in the AIDS population

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 753-756

  Spivak, Hadar ^a,c   Keller, Steve ^b,d  

^a Division of Thoracic Snrgery   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029775819     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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