Three-step management of pneumothorax: Time for a re-think on initial management

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-192

  Kaneda, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakano, Takahito ^a   Taniguchi, Yohei ^a   Saito, Tomohito ^a   Konobu, Toshifumi ^a   Saito, Yukihito ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Chest tube drainage; Initial management; Observation; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUNG; ODDS RATIO; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872690227     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs445     Document Type: Article

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