Chronic tuberculous empyema: Relationships between preoperative CT findings and postoperative improvement measured by pulmonary function testing

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 503-507

  Kim, D J ^a   Im, J G ^a   Goo, J M ^a   Lee, H J ^a   You, S Y ^a   Song, J W ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Empyema; Forced expiratory flow rate; Forced expiratory volume; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECORTICATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA THICKENING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ATELECTASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPYEMA, TUBERCULOUS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 14844362864     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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