Medical management of parapneumonic pleural disease

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-134

  Barnes, N P ^a   Hull, J ^a   Thomson, A H ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empyema; Pigtail catheter; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UROKINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFUROXIME; CHEST TUBES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSTILLATION, DRUG; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 13444309244     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20127     Document Type: Article

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