Intercostal artery laceration following thoracentesis

Respiratory Care

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1495-1498

  Yacovone, Mary L ^a   Kartan, Ritha ^b   Bautista, Manuel ^b  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemothorax; Intercostal artery laceration; Thoracentesis; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHORESIS; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL ARTERY LACERATION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL RISK; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN DILATATION; WEAKNESS; ARTERY; INJURY; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LACERATION; PARACENTESIS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ARTERIES; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; LACERATIONS; MALE; PARACENTESIS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 79952111379     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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