Primary operative versus nonoperative therapy for pediatric empyema: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1652-1659

  Avansino, Jeffrey R ^a   Goldman, Bryan ^b   Sawin, Robert S ^a,c   Flum, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Thoracotomy; Thrombolytics; Treatment; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMPYEMA; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEWBORN; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RISK; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICS; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REOPERATION; RISK; SALVAGE THERAPY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144489537     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1405     Document Type: Review

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