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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Main Authors: CLAUDIA GISELLE SANTOS ARÊAS, GERALDO ROGER NORMANDO JÚNIOR, ORLANDO SANDOVAL FARIAS JÚNIOR, IRNA CARLA DO ROSÁRIO SOUZA CARNEIRO
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Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
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