Pleural effusion prediction failures

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1505-1506

  Cragun, W Hal ^a  

^a CARILION CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; CHOLESTEROL; DIURETIC AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036436206     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.5.1505     Document Type: Article

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