Ready for the frontline: Is early thoracoscope decortication the new standard of care for advanced pneumonia with empyema?

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 688-692

  Suchar, Adam M ^a   Zureikat, Amer H ^a   Glynn, Loretto ^a   Statter, Mindy B ^a   Lee, Jongin ^a   Liu, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC DECORTICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PLEURA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLEURA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747854166     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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