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Common pleural effusions in children
1Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.
Clinics in Chest Medicine
|July 1, 1998
Abstract:
The evaluation of pleural effusions in children differ from that of the adult in cause, symptom presentation, character of the fluid, techniques for diagnosis, treatment or management, and prognosis. These similarities and differences are reviewed with emphasis on the treatment of empyema.