The etiology of extensive pleural effusions with troublesome clinical course among children

CONTEXT: In São Paulo, pneumonia is the main infectious cause of death among children. Parapneumonic pleural effusion is a possible complication and has to be treated surgically when the patient does not respond to antibiotics. OBJECTIVE: Assessment of the etiology of complicated parapneumonic pleur...

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Main Authors: Luís Marcelo Inaco Cirino, Filumena Maria da Silva Gomes, Bernardo Nogueira Batista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802004000600008&lng=en&tlng=en