The role of Abrams percutaneous pleural biopsy in the investigation of exudative pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1549-1555

  Chakrabarti, Biswajit ^a   Ryland, Ida ^b   Sheard, John ^a   Warburton, Christopher J ^a   Earis, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b Mersey Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abrams needle; Malignancy; Pleural biopsy; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MESOTHELIOMA; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 33745142943     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.6.1549     Document Type: Article

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