ERS task force statement: Diagnosis and treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 321-335

  Tschopp, Jean Marie ^a   Bintcliffe, Oliver ^b   Astoul, Philippe ^c   Canalis, Emilio ^d   Driesen, Peter ^e   Janssen, Julius ^f   Krasnik, Marc ^g   Maskell, Nicholas ^b   Van Schil, Paul ^h   Tonia, Thomy ⁱ   Waller, David A ^j   Marquette, Charles Hugo ^k   Cardillo, Giuseppe ^l  

^a Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e AZ Turnhout Hospitals   (Belgium)

^f CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^h ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^l SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MINOCYCLINE; TALC; ANTIPERSPIRANT AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AVIATION; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHEST TUBE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ANTIPERSPIRANTS; HUMANS; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; SMOKING; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TALC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84938831412     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00219214     Document Type: Article

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