Pleuroscopy for diagnosis and therapy for pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1242-1246

  Michaud, Gaetane ^a   Berkowitz, David M ^b   Ernst, Armin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CHYLOTHORAX; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; INFECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PLEUROSCOPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THERAPY EFFECT; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 78349267203     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1259     Document Type: Review

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