Treatment of pneumothorax in newborns: Use of venous catheter versus chest tube

Pediatrics International

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-82

  Arda, Irfan Serdar ^a   Gürakan, Berkan ^a   Al Iefendiǒlu, Didem ^b   Tüzün, Meriç ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neonatal pneumothorax; Tube thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

CATHETERIZATION; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036172488     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2002.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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