Evidence-based, cost-effective management of empyema and chylothorax: An algorithm of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Emergency General Surgery Algorithms work group.

Robert J Winchell, Walter L Biffl, Todd W Costantini, Jose J Diaz, Kenji Inaba, David H Livingston, Matthew J Martin, Lena M Napolitano, Ali Salim, Raul Coimbra

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Article in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Robert J WinchellDivision of Trauma, Burns, Acute and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (R.J.W.); Division of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery, Scripps Clinic/Scripps Clinic Medical Group, La Jolla, CA (W.L.B.); Department of Surgery, Division of Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN (T.W.C.); Department of Surgery, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL (J.J.D.); Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (K.I., M.J.M.); Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Colorado-Anschutz, Aurora, CO (D.H.L.); Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (L.M.N.); Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (A.S.); Division of Acute Care Surgery, Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center, Riverside University Health System, Riverside, CA (R.C.).ORCID 0000-0002-6276-233

Walter L Biffl

Todd W Costantini

Jose J Diaz

Kenji Inaba

David H Livingston

Matthew J Martin

Lena M Napolitano

Ali Salim

Raul Coimbra

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PMID42635972

DOI10.1097/TA.0000000000005152

PMCPMC13619141

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