Parapneumonic pleural effusion and empyema in childhood [3]

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 474-476

  Çaksen, Hüseyin ^a   Öztürk, Mustafa Kürşat ^b   Yüksel, Şaban ^b   Üzüm, Kazim ^b   Üstünbaş, Hasan Basri ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AMEBIASIS; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGHING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; EMPYEMA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PIGEON THORAX; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEATING; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0038703508     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00051-9     Document Type: Letter

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