Chest radiographs after removal of chest drains in neonates: Clinical benefit or common practice?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Van Den Boom, J ^a,b   Battin, M ^c  

^a National Women's Health   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUNG LOBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

CHEST TUBES; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846367440     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.091322     Document Type: Review

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