01 August 2023
Presented by the Tamowrth Team
Dr Abhay Kude - Paediatric Provisional Fellow
Dr Isabella Everleigh - Paediatric Resident Tamworth Hospital
Management and prognosis of parapneumonic effusion and empyema in children
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Twenty years of empyema in JHCH presented 5 March 2024 by Paediatric Surgery and Urology
The cost of gas: Invasive Group A Strepptoccal infection presented 9 May 2023 by the Paediatric Emergency Department Team and Paediatric Infectious Diseases Team and PICU Team
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