Intrapleural nasogastric tube insertion

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-141

  O'Neil, Ross ^a   Krishnananthan, Ruben ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic disease; Intubation; Nasogastric; Pleural cavity; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PLEURA CAVITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INTUBATION; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PUNCTURES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 3843133059     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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