Purulent pericarditis: Clinical profile and outcome following surgical drainage and intensive care in children in Chandigarh

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 377-381

  Jayashree, M ^a   Singhi, Sunit C ^a   Singh, Rana Sandip ^a   Singh, Mandeep ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART SOUND; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PERICARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

INDIA;

EID: 0032850772     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992239     Document Type: Article

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