Pleural effusions following cardiac surgery: Prevalence, risk factors, and clinical features

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1604-1611

  Labidi, Moujahed ^a   Baillot, Richard ^a   Dionne, Brigitte ^a   Lacasse, Yves ^a   Maltais, François ^a   Boulet, Louis Philippe ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CORTICOSTEROID; DALTEPARIN; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPERATION DURATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 73149122342     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0689     Document Type: Article

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