Predictive factors of morbidity in childhood parapneumonic effusion-associated pneumonia: A retrospective study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 840-843

  Picard, Elie ^a   Joseph, Leon ^a   Goldberg, Shmuel ^a   Mimouni, Francis B ^a   Deeb, Maher ^a   Kleid, David ^a   Raveh, David ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

parapneumonic effusion; pneumonia; prolonged fever

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PENICILLIN G; SODIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; PH; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 77955982859     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181dd1fc4     Document Type: Article

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