Pediatric empyema: Outcome analysis of thoracoscopic management

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1195-1199

  Chen, Jin Shing ^a   Huang, Kai Chieh ^a   Chen, Yen Ching ^b   Hsu, Hsao Hsun ^a   Kuo, Shuenn Wen ^a   Huang, Pei Ming ^a   Lee, Jan Ming ^a   Lee, Yung Chie ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TAIWAN; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64649090977     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.10.031     Document Type: Article

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