Prognostic features of residual pleural thickening in parapneumonic pleural effusions

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 952-955

  Jimenez Castro D ^a   Diaz G ^a   Perez Rodriguez E ^b   Light, R W ^c  

^a Gilead Respiratory Department   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage; Empyema; Loculations; Microbiology; Parapneumonic effusion; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA THICKENING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL;

EID: 0038652121     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00099502     Document Type: Article

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