Predictors of outcome with medical therapy in patients with pleural infection treated with intra-pleural fibrinolytics

In patients with pleural infection, the failure of medical treatment (drainage and antibiotics) results in the need for surgery and/or death. It would be clinically helpful to be able to predict this failure at the time of presentation. We examined clinical predictors of outcome with medical therapy...

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Main Authors: Davies, C, Kearney, S, Gleeson, F, Davies, R
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 1998