Complications of thoracentesis in cirrhotic patients with pleural effusion

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 571-575

  Castellote, J ^a   Xiol, X ^a   Cortes Beut R ^a   Tremosa, G ^a   Rodriguez E ^a   Vazquez S ^a  

^a Ciutat Sanitaria de Bellvitge   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Complications; Empyema; Hydrothorax; Thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; HYDROTHORAX; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034750013     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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