Management of children with empyema: Pleural drainage is not always necessary

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 475-480

  Carter, Edward ^a   Waldhausen, John ^a   Zhang, Weiya ^a   Hoffman, Lucas ^a   Redding, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Empyema; Pleural effusion; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEST TUBES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952131599     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21200     Document Type: Article

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