Choice of drainage procedure in paediatric pyopericardium: A 30-year experience

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 200-204

  Hayavadana Rao, P V ^a   Raveenthiran, V ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART LUNG MACHINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; SUPPURATION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 30844468192     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947505774938530     Document Type: Article

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