Lung abscess predicts the surgical outcome in patients with pleural empyema

OBJECTIVES: Most cases of pleural empyema are caused by pulmonary infections, which are usually combined with pneumonia or lung abscess. The mortality of patients with pleural empyema remains high (up to 20%). It also contributes to higher hospital costs and longer hospital stays. We studied pleural...

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Autores principales: Huang, Hung-Che, Chen, Heng-Chung, Fang, Hsin-Yuan, Lin, Yi-Chieh, Wu, Chin-Yen, Cheng, Ching-Yuan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20961413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-88

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20961413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-88

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