Assessment of pleural pressure in the evaluation of pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 201-209

  Feller Kopman, David ^a,c   Parker, Michael J ^b   Schwartzstein, Richard M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Physiology; Pleural effusion; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PRESSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 58249123276     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1788     Document Type: Article

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