Thoracic empyema, application of video-assisted thoracic surgery and its current management

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-332

  Fuller, Megan K ^a   Helmrath, Michael A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complicated pneumonia in children; Empyema; Video assisted thoracic debridement

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOREIGN BODY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 34249059700     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32810c8e9d     Document Type: Review

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