Pathophysiology of pneumothorax following ultrasound-guided thoracentesis

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1173-1184

  Heidecker, Jay ^a,b   Huggins, John T ^a   Sahn, Steven A ^a   Doelken, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CSB   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleural manometry; Pneumothorax; Ultrasound guided thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ATELECTASIS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED THORACENTESIS; VISCERAL PLEURAL PEEL;

EID: 33750070924     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.4.1173     Document Type: Review

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