Pneumothorax and the value of chest radiography after ultrasound-guided thoracocentesis

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 828-832

  Pihlajamaa, K ^a   Bode, M K ^b   Puumalainen, T ^b   Lehtimaki A ^b   Marjelund, S ^b   Tikkakoski, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fluid; Pleura; Pneumothorax; Thoracocentesis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOCENTESIS;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORAX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 13944255865     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850410008270     Document Type: Article

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