Scoring system for empyema thoracis and help in management

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1025-1028

  Wong, K S ^a   Lin, T Y ^a   Huang, Y C ^a   Chang, L Y ^a   Lai, S H ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Empyema; Severity scoring; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPYEMA; EMPYEMA THORACIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIDEOASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 30444454050     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 00195456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02724404     Document Type: Article

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