Estimating the rate of re-expansion of spontaneous pneumothorax by a formula derived from computed tomography volumetry studies

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 780-782

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a   Loy, J ^b   Tsang, A Y L ^c   Graham, C A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMOTHORAX; PNEUMOTHORAX SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX REEXPANSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547110312     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.037143     Document Type: Article

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