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National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. February 2012. What is thoracentesis? http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/thor/.

US Department of Health & Human Services. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2011 National and regional estimates on hospital use for all patients from the HCUP nationwide inpatient sample. http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/HCUPnet.jsp. Accessed April 9, 2014.