Parapneumonic pleural effusions and empyema in adults: current practice

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 209, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 485-494

  Porcel, J M ^a   Light, R W ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Parapneumonic effusion; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURAL EFFUSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PH MEASUREMENT; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; ADULT; DECISION TREE; REVIEW;

ADULT; DECISION TREES; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 70350728682     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: 15781860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2565(09)72634-7     Document Type: Article

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