Diagnosis of malpositioned chest tubes after emergency tube thoracostomy: Is computed tomography more accurate than chest radiograph?

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 401-405

  Lim, Kun Eng ^a,c   Tai, Shy Chang ^a   Chan, Chang Yi ^a   Hsu, Yuan Yu ^a   Hsu, Wen Chang ^a   Lin, Being Chann ^b   Lee, Keong Tiong ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Chest tube; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SCANNING;

CHEST RADIOGRAPH; CHEST TUBES; LUNG PARENCHYMAL BLEEDING; MEDICAL CHARTS;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPOSITIONED CHEST TUBE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL RECORD; PARENCHYMA; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; TUBE;

EID: 27744516664     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2005.06.032     Document Type: Article

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