American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 29, Issue 9 , Pages 1152-1157, November 2011

A randomized controlled trial comparing minichest tube and needle aspiration in outpatient management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax☆

  • Khoy Kheng Ho, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Alexandra Hospital (Jurong Health Services), Singapore 159964, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65 63793167; fax: +65 64793102.
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  • Marcus Eng Hock Ong, MBBS, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608, Singapore
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  • Mariko Siyue Koh, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608, Singapore
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  • Evelyn Wong, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608, Singapore
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  • J. Raghuram, MB BCh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore 529889, Singapore

Received 2 May 2010; received in revised form 14 May 2010; accepted 15 May 2010. published online 18 August 2010.

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☆ Source of support: We acknowledge the support of the SingHealth Research Secretariat (CC032/2002) in providing the research grant.

PII: S0735-6757(10)00242-1

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2010.05.017

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 29, Issue 9 , Pages 1152-1157, November 2011

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