The surgical management of empyema thoracis

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-18

  Galea, J L ^a   De Souza, A ^a   Beggs, D ^a,b   Spyt, T ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empyema; Pleural empyema; Pyothorax; Thoracic empyema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DECORTICATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; RIB RESECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; SYMPTOM; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; COUGH; DRAINAGE; DYSPNEA; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PUNCTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031017954     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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