Diagnosis and management of parapneumonic effusions

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 414-426

  Hampson, Christopher ^a,b   Lemos, Julio A ^a,b   Klein, Jeffrey S ^a,b  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Effusion; Empyema; Fibrinolytic; Intervention; Parapneumonic

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEFUROXIME; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPNEUMONIA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 48249131231     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1081284     Document Type: Review

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