title: Failure to recognize late postpneumonectomy empyema. Role of diagnostic thoracentesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Papadakis
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Wall
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D004653:Empyema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013907:Thoracostomy; D013997:Time Factors