Transoesophageal echocardiography for the detection and quantification of pleural fluid in cardiac surgical patients

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 442-446

  Capper, S J ^a   Ross, J J ^b   Sandstrom E ^c   Braidley, P C ^a   Morgan Hughes, Nick J ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Monitoring, transoesophageal echocardiography; Pleural effusion; Pleural fluid; Surgery, cardiac

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248188561     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem010     Document Type: Article

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