Seldinger chest drain insertion: Simpler but not necessarily safer

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-6

  Maskell, Nick A ^a   Medford, Andrew ^a   Gleeson, Fergus V ^b  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY PUNCTURE; CATHETER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC CAVITY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TROCAR;

EID: 73449083780     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.117200     Document Type: Editorial

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