Removal of chest tubes in children without water seal after elective thoracic procedures: A randomized prospective study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-415

  Waldhausen, John H T ^a,b   Cusick, Robert A ^a   Graham, D David ^a   Pittinger, Timothy P ^a   Sawin, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TUBE;

CHEST TUBES; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUCTION; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0036219457     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01113-4     Document Type: Article

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