COMMON PLEURAL EFFUSIONS IN CHILDREN

Authors
GIVAN DC EIGEN H
Citation
Dc. Givan et H. Eigen, COMMON PLEURAL EFFUSIONS IN CHILDREN, Clinics in chest medicine, 19(2), 1998, pp. 363
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Clinics in chest medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02725231
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-5231(1998)19:2<363:CPEIC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The evaluation of pleural effusions in children differ from that of th e adult in cause, symptom presentation, character of the fluid, techni ques for diagnosis, treatment or management, and prognosis. These simi larities and differences are reviewed with emphasis on the treatment o f empyema.