Tension pneumothorax after placement of a tunneled pleural drainage catheter in a patient with recurrent malignant pleural effusions

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 531-533

  Wachsman, A M ^a,b   Hoffer, E K ^a   Forauer, A R ^a   Silas, A M ^a   Gemery, J M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleural effusion; Tension pneumothorax; Tunneled pleural catheter

Indexed keywords

BEXAROTENE; CARBOPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; ERLOTINIB;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUNNELED PLEURAL CATHETER; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEST TUBES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUCTION; THORACOSTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34247172242     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-006-0073-0     Document Type: Article

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