A new use of fogarty catheter: Chest tube clearance

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e229-e230

  Boyacioğlu, Kamil ^a   Kalender, Mehmet ^b   Özkaynak, Berk ^a   Mert, Bülent ^a   Kayalar, Nihan ^a   Erentuğ, Vedat ^a  

^a BAGCILAR TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b KONYA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chest; Complications; Mediastinum; Pleural space; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHEST TUBE; DRAINAGE TUBE; FOGARTY CATHETER; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FLUID; SAFETY; THORAX DRAINAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BALLOON EMBOLECTOMY; CATHETER OCCLUSION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

BALLOON EMBOLECTOMY; CATHETER OBSTRUCTION; CHEST TUBES; HUMANS;

EID: 84907773387     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.04.255     Document Type: Article

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