Surgical management of acute necrotizing lung infections

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 369-373

  Reimel, Beth Ann ^a   Krishnadasen, Baiya ^a   Cuschieri, Joseph ^a   Klein, Matthew B ^a   Gross, Joel ^a   Karmy Jones, Riyad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Southwest Washington Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung resection; Necrotizing pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; DECORTICATION; EMPYEMA; GANGRENE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG RESECTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33751209175     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/760390     Document Type: Article

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