Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: management of parapneumonic effusion

J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Dec;73(6):1372-9. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825ff7e4.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Decision Support Techniques*
  • Drainage
  • Empyema, Pleural / diagnosis
  • Empyema, Pleural / etiology
  • Empyema, Pleural / surgery
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnosis
  • Pleural Effusion / drug therapy
  • Pleural Effusion / etiology
  • Pleural Effusion / surgery*
  • Pneumonia / complications*
  • Thoracostomy

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents