Management of pleural infection in adults: British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010

Thorax. 2010 Aug:65 Suppl 2:ii41-53. doi: 10.1136/thx.2010.137000.

Authors

Helen E Davies¹, Robert J O Davies, Christopher W H Davies; BTS Pleural Disease Guideline Group

Affiliation

¹ Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital Site, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 20696693
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.137000

No abstract available

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Algorithms
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Bacterial Infections / therapy*
Bacterial Infections / transmission
Bronchoscopy
Chest Tubes
Chronic Disease
Drainage / methods
Evidence-Based Medicine / methods
Humans
Pleural Diseases / diagnosis
Pleural Diseases / therapy*
Pleural Effusion / microbiology
Prognosis

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents