Risk reduction in pleural procedures: Sonography, simulation and supervision

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 340-350

  Wrightson, John M ^a,b   Fysh, Edward ^c   Maskell, Nick A ^d   Lee, Yun C G ^c  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Pleural diseases; Pleural effusion; Thoracic ultrasound; Training

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURAL SONOGRAPHY; PLEURISY; PNEUMOTHORAX; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; THORACOCENTESIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRAINAGE; EDUCATION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PLEURAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PULMONOLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PLEURAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY MEDICINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77953633706     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32833a233b     Document Type: Review

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