Early effective drainage in the treatment of loculated tuberculous pleurisy

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1261-1267

  Chung, C L ^a,b   Chen, C H ^a   Yeh, C Y ^a   Sheu, J R ^b   Chang, S C ^c,d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Loculated pleural effusion; Pigtail drainage; Pleural effusion; Pleural thickening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOKINASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; FOLLOW UP; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOKINASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 49649092653     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00122207     Document Type: Article

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