Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery the best treatment for paediatric pleural empyema?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Scarci, Marco ^a   Zahid, Imran ^b   Billé, Andrea ^a   Routledge, Tom ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Empyema; Pleural

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AIR EMBOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; CHEST TUBES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SELECTION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959635883     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.254698     Document Type: Article

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