Tuberculosis-associated secondary pneumothorax: A retrospective study of 53 patients

Respiratory Care

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-302

  Shamaei, Masoud ^a   Tabarsi, Payam ^a   Pojhan, Saviz ^b   Ghorbani, Leila ^a   Baghaei, Parvaneh ^a   Marjani, Majid ^a   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Pneumothorax; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG LESION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROPNEUMOTHORAX; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953131765     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.00695     Document Type: Article

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