Outcomes of an initiative to improve safety of medical thoracostomy tube insertion

Conceicao Santos (Bradbury, Australia), Conceição Santos, Saurabh Gupta, Stephanie Naim, Jonathan Williamson

Source: International Congress 2015 – Interventional pulmonology for pleural diseases
Session: Interventional pulmonology for pleural diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2495

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Conceicao Santos (Bradbury, Australia), Conceição Santos, Saurabh Gupta, Stephanie Naim, Jonathan Williamson. Outcomes of an initiative to improve safety of medical thoracostomy tube insertion. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 2495

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