Comparison of ultrasound and CT in the evaluation of pneumonia complicated by parapneumonic effusion in children

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1648-1654

  Kurian, Jessica ^a   Levin, Terry L ^a   Han, Bokyung K ^b   Taragin, Benjamin H ^a   Weinstein, Samuel ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Empyema; Parapneumonic effusion; Pediatric; Pneumonia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FIBRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NECROSIS; PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 73449123756     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2791     Document Type: Article

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