Quality Improvement Guidelines for Percutaneous Needle Biopsy

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 969-975

  Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Wallace, Michael J ^a   Cardella, John F ^b   Kundu, Sanjoy ^c   Miller, Donald L ^d,e   Rose, Steven C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953912386     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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