Nursing management of chest drains: a systematic review

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 156-160

  Charnock, Yvonne ^a   Evans, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NURSING; REVIEW; TUBE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 0035523605     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(05)80058-X     Document Type: Review

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