The diagnosis and management of empyema in children: A comprehensive review from the APSA outcomes and clinical trials committee

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2101-2110

  Islam, Saleem ^a   Calkins, Casey M ^b   Goldin, Adam B ^c   Chen, Catherine ^d   Downard, Cynthia D ^e   Huang, Eunice Y ^f   Cassidy, Laura ^b   Saito, Jacqueline ^g   Blakely, Martin L ^h   Rangel, Shawn J ^d   Arca, Marjorie J ^b   Abdullah, Fizan ⁱ   St Peter, Shawn D ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Diagnosis; Empyema; Fibrinolysis; Pediatric; Treatment; VATS

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EXPECTORANTS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PLEURAL CAVITY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84869469392     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.07.047     Document Type: Review

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