Role of routine computed tomography in paediatric pleural empyema

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 897-902

  Jaffe, A ^a,b,c   Calder, A D ^a   Owens, C M ^a   Stanojevic, S ^b   Sonnappa, S ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAVITARY NECROSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG COLLAPSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROSIS; NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMONIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 53749102317     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.094250     Document Type: Article

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