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• Ultrasound guidance decreases complications and improves the cost of care among patients undergoing thoracentesis and paracentesis.

  Mercaldi CJ, Lanes SF. Mercaldi CJ, et al. Chest. 2013 Feb 1;143(2):532-538. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-0447. Chest. 2013. PMID: 23381318
• Thoracic ultrasound guidance for access to pleural, peritoneal, and pericardial space.

  Trovato GM, Sperandeo M, Catalano D. Trovato GM, et al. Chest. 2013 Nov;144(5):1735-1736. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-1475. Chest. 2013. PMID: 24189876 No abstract available.