US-guided thoracentesis: Requirement for postprocedure chest radiography in patients who receive mechanical ventilation versus patients who breathe spontaneously

Radiology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 503-506

  Gervais, Debra A ^a   Petersein, Andrea ^b   Lee, Michael J ^c   Hahn, Peter F ^d   Saini, Sanjay ^d   Mueller, Peter R ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleura, fluid; Pneumothorax; Thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030742756     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.204.2.9240544     Document Type: Article

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