Empyema and restrictive pleural processes after blunt trauma: An under- recognized cause of respiratory failure

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 210-214

  Watkins, James A ^a   Spain, David A ^a,b,c   Richardson, J David ^a   Polk Jr , Hiram C ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0033953132     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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