Local anaesthetic thoracoscopy: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Rahman, Najib M ^a   Ali, Nabeel J ^b   Brown, Gail ^c   Chapman, Stephen J ^a   Davies, Robert J O ^a   Downer, Nicola J ^b   Gleeson, Fergus V ^a   Howes, Timothy Q ^d   Treasure, Tom ^e   Singh, Shivani ^d   Phillips, Gerrard D ^f  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d O and G   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY PLEURAL DISEASE GUIDELINE 2010; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANAESTHETIC THORACOSCOPY; LUNG BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 77956035292     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.137018     Document Type: Article

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