Lung penetration by thoracostomy tubes: Imaging findings on CT

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-204

  Landay, Michael ^a,b   Oliver, Qian ^a   Estrera, Aaron ^a   Friese, Randall ^a   Boonswang, Narongsak ^a   Michael DiMaio, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest tubes; Complications; Thoracostomy tubes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPHYSEMA; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORACOSTOMY TUBE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747484050     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000213644.57288.2f     Document Type: Article

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