Pleural Fluid Analysis in Chronic Hemothorax: A Mimicker of Infection

OBJECTIVES: Timing to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in hemothorax is based on preventing acute and long-term complications of retained blood products in the pleural space, including pleural space infection. We propose that the persistence of blood in the pleural space induces a proinfl...

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Autores principales: DiVietro, Matthew L, Huggins, John Terrill, Angotti, Lauren Brown, Kummerfeldt, Carlos E, Nestor, Jennings E, Doelken, Peter, Sahn, Steven A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26309422
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S12404

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26309422
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S12404

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