Postprocedure sepsis in imaging-guided percutaneous hepatic abscess drainage: How often does it occur?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1419-1422

  Thomas, John ^a   Turner, Shannon R ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Paulson, Erik K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Abscess; Interventional radiology; Liver; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 33745570867     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1914     Document Type: Article

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