Diagnostic value of nonfluoroscopic percutaneous lung needle aspiration in patients with pneumonia
Torres A;Jiménez P;Puig de la Bellacasa J;Celis R;González J;Gea J;;
chest1990Vol. 98pp. -
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a1990chestdiagnostic
Abstract
In forty-one patients (mean [+/- SD] age 51 +/- 19 years; range, 11 to 88 years; seven female and 34 male) with clinical signs and symptoms of pneumonia, we performed a nonfluoroscopic percutaneous lung needle (22 gauges) aspiration (PLNA) to investigate the diagnostic yield of this technique. All t …