Empyema: Development of a critical pathway

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-28

  Finck, Christine ^a   Wagner, Charles ^a   Jackson, Richard ^a   Smith, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHILD; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EMPYEMA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0036153860     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/spsu.2002.29366     Document Type: Article

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