Chest tube selection in cardiac and thoracic surgery: A survey of chest tube-related complications and their management

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-509

  Shalli, Shanaz ^a   Saeed, Diyar ^a   Fukamachi, Kiyotaka ^a   Gillinov, A Marc ^a   Cohn, William E ^b   Perrault, Louis P ^c   Boyle, Edward M ^d,e  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d ST CHARLES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e St Charles Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DRAIN; EQUIPMENT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; OCCLUSION; PAIN; SURGEON; SURGICAL NURSING; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; TUBE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; CARDIOLOGY; CHEST TUBE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY; CHEST TUBES; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69949160156     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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