Is chest radiography routinely needed after thoracentesis?
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Limited utility of chest radiograph after thoracentesis.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the utility of chest radiograph (CXR) immediately after routine thoracentesis. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Multispecialty clinic/teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS All outpatients and inpatients undergoing thoracentesis in the procedure area from October 1995 to January 1998. MEASUREMENTS Immediately after thoracentesis, the physician completed a ques...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0891-1150,1939-2869
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.86a.17058