Treatment of Complicated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion with Intrapleural Streptokinase in Children

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 566-571

  Yao, Chih Ta ^a   Wu, Jing Ming ^a   Liu, Ching Chuan ^a   Wu, Ming Ho ^a   Chuang, Hung Yi ^c   Wang, Jieh Neng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Empyema; Fibrinolytic treatment; Parapneumonic effusion; Streptokinase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STREPTOKINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRRITABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; T TUBE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 1242351699     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.566     Document Type: Article

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