Modification of pleural fluid pH by local anesthesia

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 399-402

  Jiménez Castro, David ^a   Díaz, Gema ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Esteban ^a   Prieto, Edgardo ^a   Yusen, Roger D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Parapneumonic effusions; Pleural fluid pH

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0032815650     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.2.399     Document Type: Article

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