Management of pneumothorax with a mini-drain in ambulatory and hospitalized patients

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 172-176

  Dernevik, Leif ^a   Roberts, D ^a   Hamraz, B ^a   Nordstrand Myntevik, M ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SLEEP; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHEST TUBES; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038792234     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430310004705     Document Type: Article

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