Conservative use of chest-tube insertion in children with pleural effusion

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-362

  Epaud, R ^a   Aubertin, G ^a   Larroquet, M ^a   Ducou le Pointe, H ^a   Helardot, P ^a   Clement, A ^a   Fauroux, B ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Chest tube insertion; Children; Empyema; Pleural infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FOSFOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACHYPNEA; THICKNESS; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEST TUBES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645412610     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1645-4     Document Type: Article

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