Empyema and effusion: Outcome of image-guided small-bore catheter drainage

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-141

  Keeling, A N ^a   Leong, S ^a   Logan, P M ^a   Lee, M J ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Empyema; Image guided chest catheter; Pleural effusion; Small bore chest drain

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049145942     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9197-0     Document Type: Article

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