Description of a new technique: Management of pleural effusion with a Cystofix catheter

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-290

  Kilic, Dalokay ^a,b   Findikcioglu, Alper ^a   Hatipoglu, Ahmet ^b  

^a Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cystofix catheter; Pleural drainage; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846916415     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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