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Should patients be advised not to fly post thoracentesis?

Air travel poses a risk to patients with a pneumothorax due to in-flight pressure changes and guidance is available providing advice on air travel in patients with a pneumothorax. Pneumothorax is a recongnised complication of pleural thoracentesis, however chest radiographs have been shown to have l...

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Autores principales: Walker, S., Smith, N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.06.002