Management of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax: There's confusion in the air

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1190-1192

  Heffner, John E ^a,b,c   Huggins, John T ^a,b  

^a Medical University of South Carolina ^*

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

EID: 16544375503     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.4.1190     Document Type: Editorial

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