Haemorrhage after Extrapleural Pneumonolysis
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Haemorrhage after extrapleural pneumonolysis.
Moderate or massive haemorrhage into the extrapleural space within a few days of the performance of an extrapleural pneumonolysis occurs in from 5 per cent to 20 per cent of cases. It may give rise to few symptoms, or be severe enough to cause alarming collapse of the patient and justify, if not demand, immediate transfusion. Apart from the immediate and more alarming physiological disturbances...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1948
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.3.2.127