Effects of position of chest drainage tube on volume drained and pressure

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 319-323

  Schmelz, Joseph O ^a   Johnson, Don ^a   Norton, Joy M ^c   Andrews, Miron ^a   Gordon, Phyllis A ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; DISEASE MODEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESSURE; SWINE; TIME; TUBE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CHEST TUBES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRAINAGE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PRESSURE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033190612     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1999.8.5.319     Document Type: Article

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