Therapy of parapneumonic effusions in children: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus conventional thoracostomy drainage

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Kurt, Beth A ^a   Winterhalter, Kimberly M ^a   Connors, Robert H ^a   Betz, Bradford W ^a   Winters, John W ^a  

^a HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Parapneumonic effusion; Thoracotomy; Thrombolytics; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

RETEPLASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX SURGERY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749077794     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2719     Document Type: Article

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