The value of early CT in complicated childhood pneumonia

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-21

  Tan Kendrick, A P ^a   Ling, Ho ^a   Subramaniam, Ramnath ^a   Joseph, Vijeyakaran T ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Childhood; CT; CXR; Pneumonia; VATS

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG FLUID; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NECROSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SCINTISCANNING; THORAX SURGERY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; PLEURA; PNEUMONIA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036943334     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-001-0583-5     Document Type: Article

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