Thopaz Portable Suction Systems in Thoracic Surgery: An end user assessment and feedback in a tertiary unit

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rathinam, Sridhar ^a,b   Bradley, Amy ^a   Cantlin, Teresa ^a   Rajesh, Pala B ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; SUCTION; THORAX SURGERY; TUBE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHEST TUBES; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SUCTION; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79954614877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-6-59     Document Type: Article

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