Outpatient chest tube management

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1437-1440

  Ponn, Ronald B ^a,b   Silverman, Howard J ^a   Federico, John A ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030730139     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00853-9     Document Type: Article

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