Review of management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: Is the best evidence clearer 15 years on?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-308

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a,b,c  

^a Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Outcome; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; CATHETER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PLEURA CAVITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

CHEST TUBES; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE; SUCTION;

EID: 34547102239     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00997.x     Document Type: Review

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