Risk factors for spontaneous bacterial empyema in cirrhotic patients with hydrothorax

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 579-586

  Chen, Tai An ^a   Lo, Gin Ho ^a   Lai, Kwok Hung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hydrothorax; Spontaneous bacterial empyema (SBEM); Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0346266087     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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