Predictors of outcome and long-term survival in patients with pleural infection.
In pleural infection, medical treatment failure (chest-tube drainage and antibiotics) requires surgery and increases mortality. It would be helpful to predict which patients will fail this approach. We examined clinical predictors in 85 consecutive patients with pleural infection receiving chest dra...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1999
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