Etiology of pleural effusion among adults in the state of Qatar: A 1-year hospital-based study;Étiologie de l'épanchement pleural chez des adultes dans l'état du Qatar: Étude hospitalière sur un an

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 611-618

  Khan, F Y ^a   Alsamawi, M ^b   Yasin, M ^a   Ibrahim, A S ^a   Hamza, M ^a   Lingawi, M ^a   Abbas, M T ^a   Musa, R M ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b Al Khor Hospital   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEOPLASM; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OVARY CANCER; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA FLUID CYTOLOGY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QATAR; SEX RATIO; SMEAR; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MELLERI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORACOCENTESIS; THYROID CANCER; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; UTERUS CANCER; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 79960586790     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.7.611     Document Type: Article

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