Pigtail catheter drainage for secondary spontaneous pneumothorax [2]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 489-491

  Chen, C H ^a   Chen, W ^a   Hsu, W H ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOM; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33748112625     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl067     Document Type: Letter

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