Open thoracic window: A useful alternative for retained infected pleural collections in critically ill trauma patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-156

  Carrillo, Eddy H ^a   Barkoe, David J ^a   Sanchez, Rafael ^a   Lee, Seong K ^a   Rosenthal, Andrew ^a   Pepe, Antonio ^a   Nardiello, Dawn ^a  

^a MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURISY; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249150226     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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