Surgical management of pleural empyema in the very elderly

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 331-335

  Schweigert, M ^a   Solymosi, N ^b   Dubecz, A ^a   Beron, M ^a   Thumfart, L ^a   Oefner Velano, D ^c   Stein, H J ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Pleural empyema; Pneumonia; Sepsis; Very elderly patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SEPSIS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864447969     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588412X13171221592212     Document Type: Article

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