Medical thoracoscopy in an Australian regional hospital

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 267-269

  Simpson, G ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medical thoracoscopy; Pleural effusion; Pleuroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMPYEMA; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOSCOPY;

AUSTRALIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 33947382164     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01312.x     Document Type: Article

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