Improved lung function after thoracocentesis in patients with paradoxical movement of a hemidiaphragm secondary to a large pleural effusion

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 719-723

  Wang, Lee Min ^a,b,c   Cherng, Jaw Ming ^d   Wang, Jeng Shing ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG BING SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artery blood gas; Borg scale; Chest sonography; Pulmonary function test; Thoracocentesis

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG MECHANICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 34548666629     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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