Chest tube drainage under radiological guidance for pleural effusion and pneumothorax in a tertiary care university teaching hospital: Review of 51 cases

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-33

  Cantin, Luce ^a   Chartrand Lefebvre, Carl ^a,b   Lepanto, Luigi ^a   Gianfelice, David ^a   Rabbat, Antoine ^a   Aubin, Benoît ^a   Perreault, Pierre ^a   Déry, Renée ^a   Lafortune, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chest; Computed tomography; Interventional radiology; Pleura

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16344382560     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/498709     Document Type: Article

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