Autologous blood pleurodesis. Technique and nursing cares

• Main Authors: Felipe Cañadas Nuñez (Author), Gádor Ángeles Fernández García (Author), Nieves López Tesón (Author), Ángel Payán Andújar (Author), María del Mar Payán Menbrillo (Author), José Antonio Serrano Calvache (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Enfermería, 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The pneumothorax is defined as the air presence in the pleural space. Pleura is the serous layer that surrounds the lungs. The literature available keeps awake a high recurrences percentage (about 50%). The morbimortality of this disease and the derived costs of the same are considerable. For that r...