The risk factors and management of posttraumatic empyema in trauma patients

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-49

  Eren, Sevval ^a   Esme, Hidir ^b   Sehitogullari, Abidin ^c   Durkan, Atilla ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c General Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Empyema; Risk factors; Trauma; Tube thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOSTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 37549055440     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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