No role for routine CT scans in paediatric empyemas

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1028-1029

  Massie, J ^a   Pillarisetti, N ^a   Ranganathan, S ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PEDIATRICS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56149117114     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Jaffe A, Calder AD, Owens CM, et al. The role of routine computed tomography in paediatric pleural empyema. Thorax. Published Online First 20 May 2008. doi: 10.1136/thx.2007.094250.
2. Balfour-Lynn IM, Abrahamson GC, Cohen G, et al. BTS guidelines for the management of pleural infection in children. Thorax 2005;60(Suppl 1):i1-21.