Class information for:
Level 1: EMPYEMA//PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION//PLEURAL EMPYEMA

Basic class information

Class id #P Avg. number of
references
Database coverage
of references
8002 1304 24.8 66%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes

The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.



Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
6 4 GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY//ONCOLOGY//SURGERY 1371034
531 3       MESOTHELIOMA//ASBESTOS//MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA 19648
2314 2             PLEURAL EFFUSION//EMPYEMA//MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION 4486
8002 1                   EMPYEMA//PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION//PLEURAL EMPYEMA 1304

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 EMPYEMA authKW 3122429 24% 42% 315
2 PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION authKW 1543524 6% 80% 82
3 PLEURAL EMPYEMA authKW 1124040 6% 61% 79
4 PLEURAL INFECTION authKW 764558 3% 82% 40
5 DECORTICATION authKW 385678 4% 31% 54
6 LUNG ABSCESS authKW 354857 4% 32% 48
7 COMPLICATED PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION authKW 352601 1% 94% 16
8 FIBRINOLYTICS authKW 311347 2% 53% 25
9 PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURAL EFFUSION authKW 303449 1% 72% 18
10 EMPYEMA THORACIS authKW 234130 2% 50% 20

Web of Science journal categories



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 Respiratory System 26196 37% 0% 481
2 Pediatrics 4640 21% 0% 275
3 Critical Care Medicine 3273 10% 0% 131
4 Surgery 2341 24% 0% 313
5 Medicine, General & Internal 1198 15% 0% 199
6 Cardiac & Cardiovascular System 859 11% 0% 146
7 Infectious Diseases 535 7% 0% 88
8 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging 356 8% 0% 99
9 Tropical Medicine 60 1% 0% 16
10 Immunology 34 4% 0% 58

Address terms



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 OXFORD PLEURAL DIS UNIT 70239 0% 50% 6
2 KLIN PNEUMOL INFEKTIOL BEATMUNGSMED 46830 0% 100% 2
3 UKCRC OXFORD P TRIALS UNIT 46830 0% 100% 2
4 TEXAS LUNG INJURY 41043 1% 16% 11
5 OXFORD P MED 33458 1% 9% 16
6 PLEURAL MED UNIT 32514 0% 28% 5
7 ATTICON HOSP 26338 0% 38% 3
8 P TRIALS UNIT 26338 0% 38% 3
9 286 23415 0% 100% 1
10 ASHKELON MED 23415 0% 100% 1

Journals



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 CHEST 11061 8% 0% 100
2 PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY 5711 3% 1% 34
3 CURRENT OPINION IN PULMONARY MEDICINE 5473 1% 1% 17
4 RESPIRATION 3432 2% 1% 23
5 THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON 2849 2% 1% 21
6 ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY 2526 4% 0% 48
7 JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY 2463 3% 0% 39
8 INFECTIONS IN SURGERY 2340 0% 10% 1
9 RESPIROLOGY 2093 1% 1% 14
10 PAEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY REVIEWS 1928 1% 1% 7

Author Key Words



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 EMPYEMA 3122429 24% 42% 315 Search EMPYEMA Search EMPYEMA
2 PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION 1543524 6% 80% 82 Search PARAPNEUMONIC+EFFUSION Search PARAPNEUMONIC+EFFUSION
3 PLEURAL EMPYEMA 1124040 6% 61% 79 Search PLEURAL+EMPYEMA Search PLEURAL+EMPYEMA
4 PLEURAL INFECTION 764558 3% 82% 40 Search PLEURAL+INFECTION Search PLEURAL+INFECTION
5 DECORTICATION 385678 4% 31% 54 Search DECORTICATION Search DECORTICATION
6 LUNG ABSCESS 354857 4% 32% 48 Search LUNG+ABSCESS Search LUNG+ABSCESS
7 COMPLICATED PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION 352601 1% 94% 16 Search COMPLICATED+PARAPNEUMONIC+EFFUSION Search COMPLICATED+PARAPNEUMONIC+EFFUSION
8 FIBRINOLYTICS 311347 2% 53% 25 Search FIBRINOLYTICS Search FIBRINOLYTICS
9 PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURAL EFFUSION 303449 1% 72% 18 Search PARAPNEUMONIC+PLEURAL+EFFUSION Search PARAPNEUMONIC+PLEURAL+EFFUSION
10 EMPYEMA THORACIS 234130 2% 50% 20 Search EMPYEMA+THORACIS Search EMPYEMA+THORACIS

Core articles

The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.



Rank Reference # ref. in
cl.
Shr. of ref. in
cl.
Citations
1 PARASKAKIS, E , VERGADI, E , CHATZIMICHAEL, A , BOUROS, D , (2012) CURRENT EVIDENCE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PAEDIATRIC PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSIONS.CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION. VOL. 28. ISSUE 7. P. 1179-1192 83 99% 8
2 WRIGHTSON, JM , DAVIES, RJO , (2010) THE APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH A PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION.SEMINARS IN RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. VOL. 31. ISSUE 6. P. 706-715 100 83% 2
3 ISLAM, S , CALKINS, CM , GOLDIN, AB , CHEN, C , DOWNARD, CD , HUANG, EY , CASSIDY, L , SAITO, J , BLAKELY, ML , RANGEL, SJ , ET AL (2012) THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF EMPYEMA IN CHILDREN: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW FROM THE APSA OUTCOMES AND CLINICAL TRIALS COMMITTEE.JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY. VOL. 47. ISSUE 11. P. 2101-2110 75 91% 32
4 LETHEULLE, J , KERJOUAN, M , BENEZIT, F , DE LATOUR, B , TATTEVIN, P , PIAU, C , LENA, H , DESRUES, B , LE TULZO, Y , JOUNEAU, S , (2015) PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURAL EFFUSIONS: EPIDEMIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, CLASSIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT.REVUE DES MALADIES RESPIRATOIRES. VOL. 32. ISSUE 4. P. 344 -357 74 84% 1
5 AVANSINO, JR , GOLDMAN, B , SAWIN, RS , FLUM, DR , (2005) PRIMARY OPERATIVE VERSUS NONOPERATIVE THERAPY FOR PEDIATRIC EMPYEMA: A META-ANALYSIS.PEDIATRICS. VOL. 115. ISSUE 6. P. 1652 -1659 60 98% 85
6 HEFFNER, JE , KLEIN, JS , HAMPSON, C , (2009) INTERVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF PLEURAL INFECTIONS.CHEST. VOL. 136. ISSUE 4. P. 1148-1159 64 88% 18
7 DAVIES, CWH , GLEESON, FV , DAVIES, RJO , (2003) BTS GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PLEURAL INFECTION.THORAX. VOL. 58. ISSUE . P. II18-II28 90 74% 7
8 BHATNAGAR, R , MASKELL, NA , (2013) TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED PLEURAL EFFUSIONS IN 2013.CLINICS IN CHEST MEDICINE. VOL. 34. ISSUE 1. P. 47-+ 61 75% 10
9 CORCORAN, JP , WRIGHTSON, JM , BELCHER, E , DECAMP, MM , FELLER-KOPMAN, D , RAHMAN, NM , (2015) PLEURAL INFECTION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS.LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE. VOL. 3. ISSUE 7. P. 563 -577 69 64% 1
10 SCARCI, M , ABAH, U , SOLLI, P , PAGE, A , WALLER, D , VAN SCHIL, P , MELFI, F , SCHMID, RA , ATHANASSIADI, K , UVA, MS , ET AL (2015) EACTS EXPERT CONSENSUS STATEMENT FOR SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PLEURAL EMPYEMA.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. VOL. 48. ISSUE 5. P. 642 -653 52 80% 3

Classes with closest relation at Level 1



Rank Class id link
1 12599 BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA//POSTPNEUMONECTOMY SYNDROME//PNEUMONECTOMY
2 11361 PLEURAL EFFUSION//TRANSUDATE//TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION
3 15143 CHEST TUBE//TUBE THORACOSTOMY//NEEDLE THORACOSTOMY
4 7107 PLEURODESIS//MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION//PLEURAL EFFUSION
5 26468 PULMONARY INTERSTITIAL EMPHYSEMA//TRAUMATIC PULMONARY PSEUDOCYST//PERSISTENT PULMONARY INTERSTITIAL EMPHYSEMA
6 36369 SEPTIC PULMONARY EMBOLISM//SEPTIC PULMONARY EMBOLI//BACTERIAL INFECTIONS RADIOGRAPHY
7 9180 LUNG ULTRASOUND//B LINES//THORACENTESIS
8 8791 PNEUMONIA//ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS//CHILDHOOD PNEUMONIA
9 17828 PNEUMOCOCCAL URINARY ANTIGEN TEST//HAEMOPHILUS B CONJUGATE VACCINES//PNEUMONIA OF ADULTS
10 503 PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE//STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE//INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE

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