Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of empyema thoracis: An outcomes analysis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-14

  Anstadt, Mark P ^a,c   Guill, Carrie K ^a,b   Ferguson, Edward R ^a,b   Gordon, Howard S ^b   Soltero, Ernesto R ^a,b   Beall Jr , Arthur C ^a,b   Musher, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decortication; Empyema thoracis; Parapneumonic effusion; Pleural infections; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECORTICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLEURA CAVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0038168244     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200307000-00002     Document Type: Article

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