Compliance to the British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines of the investigation and management of pleural effusion in adults: an audit of practice from a general hospital in Ireland

A. AZIZ, J. O‘ Halloran, M. Saba, J. McKenna (Sligo, Ireland)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Pleural diseases and interventions
Session: Pleural diseases and interventions
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 1668
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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