Optimal technique for the removal of chest tubes after pulmonary resection

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1535-1539

  Cerfolio, Robert James ^a,b   Bryant, Ayesha S ^a   Skylizard, Loki ^b   Minnich, Douglas J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CHEST TUBE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FULL EXPIRATION; FULL INSPIRATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TUBE REMOVAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST TUBES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 84877839916     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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