Prevalence and clinical course of pleural effusions at 30 days after coronary artery and cardiac surgery

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 12 I, 2002, Pages 1567-1571

  Light, Richard W ^a,b   Rogers, Jeffrey T ^a   Moyers, J Phillip ^a   Lee, Y C Gary ^a   Rodriguez, R Michael ^a   Alford Jr , William C ^a   Ball, Stephen K ^a   Burrus, George R ^a   Coltharp, William H ^a   Glassford Jr , David M ^a   Hoff, Steven J ^a   Lea IV, John W ^a   Nesbitt, Jonathan C ^a   Petracek, Michael R ^a   Starkey, Thomas D ^a   Stoney, William S ^a   Tedder, Mark ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Dressler's syndrome; Dyspnea; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DRESSLER SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0037115160     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200203-184OC     Document Type: Article

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