Ultrasound estimation of volume of postoperative pleural effusion in cardiac surgery patients

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-207

  Usta, Engin ^a   Mustafi, Migdat ^a   Ziemer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Pleural effusion; Thoracentesis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHRAGM; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75449103794     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.222273     Document Type: Article

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