Pleural effusion and empyema as complication of pneumonia;Pleuravocht en empyeem als complicatie van pneumonie

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 464-469

  Bauwens, A M M ^a   De Graaff, C S ^a   Boersma, W G ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECORTICATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PUS; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBE;

EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0037045966     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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