Potential bed-day savings in patients admitted unnecessarily for pleural invesigation

J. Ferguson (Glasgow, United Kingdom), C. Groome (Glasgow, United Kingdom), L. Mcnaughton (Glasgow, United Kingdom), K. Blyth (Glasgow, United Kingdom), S. Tsim (Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Clinical problems from non-malignant pleural disease to hypoventilation
Session: Clinical problems from non-malignant pleural disease to hypoventilation
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 2023
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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