Small-bore pigtail catheters for the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in young adolescents

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kuo, Hsuan Chang ^a   Lin, Ying Jui ^a   Huang, Chien Fu ^a   Chien, Shao Ju ^a   Lin, I Chun ^a   Lo, Mao Hung ^a   Liang, Chi Di ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARGE BORE CATHETER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMALL BORE PIGTAIL CATHETER; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874645033     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200986     Document Type: Article

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