Treatment trends and outcomes in US hospital stays of children with empyema

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 431-436

  Kelly, Michelle M ^a   Shadman, Kristin A ^a   Edmonson, M Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

outcomes research; pleural empyema; pneumonia; thoracostomy; video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DATA BASE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; DRAINAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899476680     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000131     Document Type: Article

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