Clinical implications of unexpandable lung due to pleural disease

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-25

  Doelken, Peter ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleural disease; Unexpandable lung

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECORTICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREMIA;

EID: 38349031016     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31815f1a44     Document Type: Article

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