Parapneumonic pleural effusion: reality and strategies in an Amazon university hospital
ABSTRACT Objective: to define the profile and analyze the postoperative evolution of children with parapneumonic pleural effusion (PPE), and to evaluate strategies used in the presence of diagnostic and therapeutic limitations, emphasizing the open thoracic drainage (OTD) . Methods: we conducted...
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Language: | English |
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Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
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Series: | Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912016000600424&lng=en&tlng=en |