When should a chest radiograph be obtained after chest tube removal in mechanically ventilated patients? A prospective study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1073-1077

  Pizano, Louis R ^a   Houghton, Douglas E ^a   Cohn, Stephen M ^a   Frisch, Mark S ^a   Grogan, Ramon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest trauma; Chest tube; Mechanical ventilation; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

EID: 0036899115     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200212000-00008     Document Type: Article

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