An audit of intercostal chest drains for pleural effusions in a district general hospital in the UK

J. Brockley, K. Whadati, H. Gibson, A. Youzguin (Southport, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - 100 years of thoracoscopy: still room for improvement?
Session: 100 years of thoracoscopy: still room for improvement?
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 721
Disease area: Respiratory critical care

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