Delayed referral reduces the success of video-assisted thoracoscopic debridement for post-pneumonic empyema

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 836-840

  Waller, D A ^a   Rengarajan, A ^a   Nicholson, F H G ^b   Rajesh, P B ^b  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pleural empyema; Pneumonia; Video assisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEBRIDEMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0034759828     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2001.1176     Document Type: Article

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