Application of ultrasound-guided pigtail catheter for drainage of pleural effusions in the ICU

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 350-354

  Liang, Shinn Jye ^a   Tu, Chih Yen ^a   Chen, Hung Jen ^a   Chen, Chia Hung ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Shih, Chuen Ming ^a   Hsu, Wu Huei ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Critically ill; ICU; Pigtail; Pleural effusion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERFORATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND GUIDED PIGTAIL CATHETER;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59849127677     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1314-2     Document Type: Article

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