Mechanical Pleurodesis Aided by Peritoneal Drainage: Procedure for Hepatic Hydrothorax

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 245-250

  Northup, Patrick G ^a   Harmon, R Christopher ^a   Pruett, Timothy L ^a   Schenk III, Worthington G ^a   Daniel, Thomas M ^a   Berg, Carl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; HUMAN ALBUMIN;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEPATIC HYDROTHORAX; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; MALE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURODESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57649146467     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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