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Routine chest X-rays after pigtail chest tube removal rarely change management in children

BACKGROUND: The need for chest X-rays (CXR) following large-bore chest tube removal has been questioned; however, the utility of CXRs following removal of small-bore pigtail chest tubes is unknown. We hypothesized that CXRs obtained following removal of pigtail chest tubes would not change managemen...

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Autores principales: Theodorou, Christina M., Hegazi, Mennatalla S., Moore, Hope Nicole, Beres, Alana L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8408085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34173055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00383-021-04951-w