Bedside tracer gas technique accurately predicts outcome in aspiration of spontaneous pneumothorax

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 617-621

  Kiely, D G ^b   Ansari, S ^a   Davey, W A ^a   Mahadevan, V ^a   Taylort, G J ^c   Seaton, D ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Discharge; Pneumothorax; Tracer gas

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG INFLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AEROSOL PROPELLANTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034907335     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.8.617     Document Type: Article

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