Prospective evaluation of flex-rigid pleuroscopy for indeterminate pleural effusion: Accuracy, safety and outcome

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 881-886

  Lee, Pyng ^a   Hsu, Anne ^a   Lo, Constance ^a   Colt, Henri G ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Flex rigid pleuroscopy; Pleural effusion; Safety; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLEX RIGID PLEUROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; TUBE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TALC; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748947729     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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