Residual hemothorax after chest tube placement correlates with increased risk of empyema following traumatic injury

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 255-258

  Karmy Jones, Riyad ^a,c   Holevar, Michele ^b   Sullivan, Ryan J ^b   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Southwest Washington Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Residual hemothorax; Tube thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INTUBATION; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

EID: 57349101741     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/918951     Document Type: Article

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