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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Main Authors: Davies, C, Kearney, SE, Gleeson, F, Davies, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1999