Pleural effusions in the medical ICU: Prevalence, causes and clinical implications

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1018-1023

  Mattison, Lalaine E ^a   Coppage, Lynn ^b   Alderman, Daniel F ^b   Herlong, John O ^b   Salm, Steven A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; medical intensive care unit; pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREMIA;

EID: 0030933948     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.4.1018     Document Type: Article

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