How Best to Manage the Space after Pneumonectomy? Theory and Experience but no Evidence

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-106

  Pai, Vasudev ^a   Gangoli, Sameer ^a   Tan, Carol ^a   Rankin, Sheila ^a   Utley, Martin ^b   Cameron, Robert ^a   Lang Lazdunski, Loic ^a   Treasure, Tom ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence; Pleural drains; Pneumonectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING STAFF; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL AUDIT; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947197434     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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