Aspirating Pneumothorax: Clearing the Air or Muddying the Water?

Rob J Hallifax^{1

2}, Beenish Iqbal¹, Steven P Walker³, Nick A Maskell³, Najib M Rahman^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit and.
² NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and.
³ Academic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Comment

Rob J Hallifax et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 15;207(12):1647-1648.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202303-0593LE.

Rob J Hallifax^{1

2}, Beenish Iqbal¹, Steven P Walker³, Nick A Maskell³, Najib M Rahman^{1

2}

¹ Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit and.
² NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and.
³ Academic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

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