A randomised controlled study comparing the outcomes of pleural nurse practitioner (NP) versus doctors trained to perform pleural procedures for management of pleural effusions

E. Reid, S. Chatterji, S. Marciniak, P. Sivasothy (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Interventional pulmonology and pleural diseases
Session: Interventional pulmonology and pleural diseases
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3094

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