Management of spontaneous pneumothorax: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  MacDuff, Andrew ^a   Arnold, Anthony ^b   Harvey, John ^c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY PLEURAL DISEASE GUIDELINE 2010; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC PNEUMOTHORAX; MENSTRUAL PNEUMOTHORAX; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; ALGORITHM; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE QUALITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ALGORITHMS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956054842     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.136986     Document Type: Article

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