Routine chest roentgenography on admission to intensive care unit after heart operations: Is it of any value?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 130-133

  O'Brien, W ^a   Karski, J M ^a   Cheng, D ^a   Carroll Munro, J ^a   Peniston, C ^a   Sandler, A ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031021407     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70408-2     Document Type: Article

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