Outpatient management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in the emergency department of a community hospital using a small-bore catheter and a heimlich valve

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 513-518

  Hassani, Behzad ^a   Foote, John ^b,d   Borgundvaag, Bjug ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Mt Sinai Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Heimlich valve; Outpatient management; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEIMLICH VALVE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBE; VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; CHEST TUBES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67149084379     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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