Predictors of outcome and long-term survival in patients with pleural infection

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1682-1687

  Davies, Christopher W H ^a   Kearney, Susan E ^a   Gleeson, Fergus V ^a   Davies, Robert J O ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURISY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032723405     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.5.9903002     Document Type: Article

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