Acute tension hydrothorax: A life-threatening complication of cirrhosis [2]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 588-589

  Castellote, José ^a   Gornals, Joan ^a   Lopez, Carmen ^a   Xiol, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0036224350     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200205000-00024     Document Type: Letter

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6. Tension hydrothorax in a patient with renal failure