Prospective trial evaluating sonography after thoracic surgery in postoperative care and decision making
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Prospective trial evaluating sonography after thoracic surgery in postoperative care and decision making.
OBJECTIVE Following thoracic surgery, daily chest X-rays (CXRs) are performed to assess patient evolution and to make decisions regarding chest tube removal and patient discharge. Sonography after thoracic surgery (SATS) has the potential to be an effective, convenient, inexpensive and easy to learn tool in the post-operative management of thoracic surgery patients. We hypothesized that SATS co...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1010-7940,1873-734X
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr183