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The diagnosis and management of pleural empyema
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 1998 The diagnosis and management of pleural infection continues to improve steadily. Recent advances include: newer, smaller, and more comfortable chest drainage catheters; improved pleural pus drainage with the aid of intrapleural fibrinolytics; and improved surgical procedures including thoracoscopic surgery.
Davies, R, Gleeson, F
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Pneumococcal Pleural Empyemas in Children [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1996 Empyema rarely complicates pneumonia. In a 361-bed regional pediatric hospital, 50 pleural empyemas were identified from 1988 through 1994; 17 (34%) occurred in the last 12 months of this period, for which the incidence was 3.3 per 100,000 of the population aged < or = 18 years (P < .05, chi 2 test).
Victor F. Garcia +4 more
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Practical management of pleural empyema
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016 Empyema is defined as pus in the thoracic cavity due to pleural space infection and has a multifactorial underlying cause, although the majority of cases are post-bacterial pneumonia. Despite treatment with antibiotics, patients with empyema have a considerable morbidity and mortality due at least in part to inappropriate management of the effusion ...
Gianfranco Tassi +3 more
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 2014 Increasing incidence of pleural infection has been reported worldwide in recent decades. The pathogens responsible for pleural infection are changing and differ from those in community acquired pneumonia. The main treatments for pleural infection are antibiotics and drainage of infected pleural fluid.
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New therapy of pleural empyema by deoxyribonuclease
The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013 Empyema is a severe complication of different diseases and traumas. Management of this complication is difficult and should comprise general and local procedures. The general procedure is mainly based on administering wide-spectrum antibiotics. Local management depends on patient general condition, but in all cases the essential procedure is to insert ...
Kacprzak, Grzegorz +5 more
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Artificial Organs, EarlyView.High‐risk cardiac patients may benefit from timely temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS) implantation to provide perioperative hemodynamic stabilization and circulatory support, thus enabling them to undergo life‐saving thoracic surgery. CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass; IABP: intra‐aortic balloon pump; tMCS: temporary mechanical circulatory ...
Viviana Teresa Agosta +4 more
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Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background From late 2022, there was an increase in cases of invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) reported in the Northern Hemisphere and there was a similar increase noted in the referrals to the Newborn and Paediatric Emergency Transport service (NETS NSW), in the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
Laura Scerri +4 more
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Risk Factors for Pneumothorax After Treatment With Endobronchial Valves: A Cohort Study
Respirology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Pneumothorax (PTX) is the most prevalent and serious adverse event associated with endobronchial valve (EBV) treatment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with emphysema. This study aimed to compare preoperative characteristics and 30‐day outcomes in patients with COPD with and without PTX.
Kirstine Hermann Jørgensen +9 more
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, 2020 In Africa, as elsewhere, the surgeon is often requested to insert a chest tube for the drainage of pleural fluid. The most common reason for such a request is a postpneumonic infected effusion or empyema. A chest tube is often an adequate solution to this problem, but in some cases more complicated therapy is required.
Donald E. Meier +2 more
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