Local treatment of empyema in children: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1449-1453

  Krenke, Katarzyna ^a   Peradzyńska, Joanna ^a   Lange, Joanna ^a   Ruszczyński, Marek ^a   Kulus, Marek ^a   Szajewska, Hania ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Empyema; Fibrinolytics; Intrapleural; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; PLACEBO; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; BLOOD STAIN; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPLICATED PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; EMPYEMA; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE DISCOMFORT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOCAL THERAPY; LUNG ABSCESS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

CHILD; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INSTILLATION, DRUG; LENGTH OF STAY; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 77956384862     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01863.x     Document Type: Review

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