Pigtail catheter drain in the treatment of empyema thoracis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 331-332

  Pierrepoint, M J ^a   Evans, A ^a   Morris, S J ^a   Harrison, S K ^a   Doull, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036789007     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.4.331     Document Type: Article

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