Correlations between subdural empyema and paraclinical as well as clinical parameters amongst urban malay pediatric patients

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 19-27

  Mat Nayan, Saiful Azli ^a,b   Abdullah, Mohd Shafie ^a   Naing, Nyi Nyi ^a   Mohd Haspani, Mohd Saffari ^c   Md Ralib, Ahmad Razali ^d  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL SUNGAI BULOH   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^d INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Management; Paediatric; Rural; Subdural empyema; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURR HOLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENINGISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKULL SURGERY; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VOMITING;

EID: 70349573529     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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