Pneumothorax following thoracentesis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-339

  Gordon, Craig E ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^d   Balk, Ethan M ^b   Smetana, Gerald W ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEEDLE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBE; AGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PARACENTESIS; PLEURA CAVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL CAVITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77949902843     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.548     Document Type: Review

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