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

Received 10 September 2008 ,Revised 20 April 2009 ,Accepted 22 April 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

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