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"Safety of Transthoracic Needle Aspiration in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infection."
Published in AIDS Weekly, July 17th, 1995
According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 1995 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, held May 20-24, 1995, in Seattle, Washington, "Transthoracic needle aspiration (TNA) has proved to be a safe and practical method in diagnosing pulmonary diseases; however, a potential high risk of complications has limited the use of TNA in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected pts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety of TNA in this group of pts. Methods: between 1987 and 1994, 82 TNA procedures on HIV infected pts were performed as a routine technique in the study of pulmonary infections. TNAs were done by using a 25-gauge spinal...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (1995-07-17)
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