Multilevel and continuous pleural fluid pH likelihood ratios for draining parapneumonic effusions

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Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-356

  Heffner, John E ^a   Heffner, John N ^a   Brown, Lee K ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Parapneumonic effusion; pH; Pleural effusion; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 23844479741     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086247     Document Type: Article

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