Incidence, length of stay, and prognosis of hospitalized patients with pleural empyema: a 15-year Danish nationwide cohort study

Chest. 2014 Jan;145(1):189-192. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-1912.

Authors

Mette Søgaard¹, Rikke B Nielsen², Mette Nørgaard², Jette B Kornum³, Henrik C Schønheyder³, Reimar W Thomsen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: mette.soegaard@ki.au.dk.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
³ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.

PMID: 24394842
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-1912

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cohort Studies
Denmark / epidemiology
Empyema, Pleural / epidemiology*
Empyema, Pleural / mortality
Female
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Incidence
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data*
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis