Management of postpneumonic empyemas in children

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1072-1078

  Ozcelik, Cemal ^a   Ülkü, Refik ^a   Onat, Serdar ^a   Ozcelik, Zerrin ^a   Inci, Ilhan ^b   Satici, Omer ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decortication; Empyema; Fibrinolytic treatment; Postpneumonic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATELECTASIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRAIN; DRUG RESPONSE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TUBE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THORACOSTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442604751     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2003.12.025     Document Type: Review

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