Is chest X ray necessary after withdrawal of thoracic drainage tube in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax? [4];¿Es necesario realizar radiografía de tórax tras la retirada de tubo de drenaje torácico en el neumotórax espontáneo?

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 340-341

  Miguel Perello J ^a   Soria Aledo, V ^a   Coll Salinas, A ^a   Aguayo Albasini, J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL RISK; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUND DRAINAGE;

CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142738991     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13062281     Document Type: Letter

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