Deviation from published guidelines in the management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in Australia

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-67

  Kelly, A M ^a,b   Clooney, M ^a  

^a WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Management; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHEST TUBES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUCTION; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 38049069886     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01540.x     Document Type: Article

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