Pleural effusions in the intensive care unit

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-297

  Azoulay, Elie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Empyema; Pleural effusions; Pleurisy; Pneumonia; Thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EFFUSION; EMPYEMA; EXUDATE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PANCREATITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037662807     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200307000-00008     Document Type: Review

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