Pigtail catheters vs large-bore chest tubes for management of secondary spontaneous pneumothoraces in adults

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 795-800

  Tsai, Wen Kai ^a   Chen, Wei ^b   Lee, Jen chih ^b   Cheng, Wei Erh ^b   Chen, Chia Hung ^b   Hsu, Wu Huei ^a   Shih, Chuen Ming ^b,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY BEIGANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750604989     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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