Factors influencing length of hospital stay in patients with bacterial pleural effusion

Respiration

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 587-593

  Soriano, T ^a,c   Alegre, J ^a   Aleman C ^a   Ruiz, E ^a   Vazquez A ^a   Carrasco, J L ^b   Segura, R ^a   Ferrer, A ^a   Fernandez De Sevilla T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Empyema; Length of hospital stay; Parapneumonic pleural effusion; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECORTICATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 29144444686     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087366     Document Type: Article

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