Treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-379

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a,b  

^a SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; Pneumothorax; Spontaneous; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DYSTROPHIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TUBE;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUCTION;

EID: 67449090036     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32832ae314     Document Type: Review

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