Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1468-1474, September 2009

Transthoracic Ultrasonography in Predicting the Outcome of Small-Bore Catheter Drainage in Empyemas or Complicated Parapneumonic Effusions

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Received 10 September 2008; received in revised form 20 April 2009; accepted 22 April 2009. published online 21 July 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)00205-1

doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.04.021

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1468-1474, September 2009