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COMPLEX TREATMENT OF ACUTE NONSPECIFIC PLEURAL EMPYEMA [PDF]

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2012
In the article the results of complex treatment of acute pleural empyema in 123 patients are presented. In all cases we observed pleural empyema of nontraumatic character.
I. V. Nikolaychuk, A. N. Plekhanov
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Risk of Pleural Empyema in Adult Patients With Asthma: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundRespiratory system infections commonly occur among individuals with asthma. However, whether asthma patients have a higher risk of pleural empyema development remains unclear.MethodsThis is a retrospective cohort study based on data from the ...
Wei-Chih Liao, Wei-Chih Liao, Cheng-Li Lin, Te-Chun Shen, Te-Chun Shen, Te-Chun Shen, Chih-Yen Tu, Chih-Yen Tu, Te-Chun Hsia, Wu-Huei Hsu, Wu-Huei Hsu   +10 more
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Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma mimicking pleural empyema: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Malignant pleural effusion is an important and difficult differential diagnosis to pleural empyema. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is an uncommon vascular tumor, which typically occurs in liver, lung or bone.
Katrine Fjaellegaard, Jesper Koefod Petersen, Inger Merete Stamp, Asbjorn Hoegholm, Paul Frost Clementsen, Uffe Bodtger   +5 more
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Use of tunneled pleural catheters in chronic empyema: Two case reports and brief review of the literature

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2022
The incidence of empyema is increasing worldwide, which, coupled with the aging global population, makes the non-surgical management of pleural space infections increasingly important.
Ilana Roberts Krumm, Yaron B. Gesthalter
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Results of two fibrinolytics in treatment of the early stage of empyema [PDF]

Zagazig University Medical Journal, 2023
Management of an early empyema is an important problem in thoracic surgery. As an alternative to surgical treatment empyema is in patients who developed early empyema , intra-pleural fibrinolysis has been used with favorable results.
amr tawfek, Mamdouh Elsharawy, Mohammad Ibrahim, Amr Mansour   +3 more
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Pleural empyema secondary to nephropleural fistula in complicated pyonephrosis

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Pleural empyema of extra pulmonary origin is uncommon and empyema secondary to a fistula between the urinary tract and thorax is extremely rare. We report a case of nephropleural fistula causing massive pleural empyema in a 64-year-old woman with a long ...
Stefania Tamburrini, MD, Marina Lugarà, MD, Pietro Paolo Saturnino, MD, Giovanni Ferrandino, MD, Pasquale Quassone, MD, Silvio Leboffe, MD, Giuseppe Sarti, MD, Concetta Rocco, MD, Claudio Panico, MD, Francesco Raffaele, MD, Teresa Cesarano, MD, Michele Iannuzzi, MD, Lucio Cagini, MD, Ines Marano, MD   +13 more
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Intrapleural injection of urokinase in the treatment of acute Haemophilus influenza empyema in children: A case report and literature review

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to analyze the clinical data of a child with acute empyema caused by Haemophilus influenzae, and to investigate the diagnosis and treatment of this disease through literature review to improve the clinical ...
Lin Yang, YaFei Zhu, GuangSheng Wu
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Performance of TB-LAMP in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Empyema Using Samples Obtained From Pleural Decortication

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
PurposeTo evaluate the performance of TB-LAMP in the diagnosis of TB empyema using pleural tissue specimens obtained during pleural decortication.MethodsUsing the clinical records and the different diagnostic test results of patients who underwent ...
Chang Liu, Lichao Fan, Jiansong Zhang, Qi Hong, Yi Ren, Huaiyu Tian, Yu Chen   +6 more
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A Simple Method for Differentiating Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion/Empyema from Parapneumonic Effusion Using the Split Pleura Sign and the Amount of Pleural Effusion on Thoracic CT. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Pleural separation, the "split pleura" sign, has been reported in patients with empyema. However, the diagnostic yield of the split pleura sign for complicated parapneumonic effusion (CPPE)/empyema and its utility for differentiating CPPE/empyema from ...
Naoki Tsujimoto, Takeshi Saraya, Richard W Light, Yayoi Tsukahara, Takashi Koide, Daisuke Kurai, Haruyuki Ishii, Hirokazu Kimura, Hajime Goto, Hajime Takizawa   +9 more
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EACTS expert consensus statement for surgical management of pleural empyema [PDF]

, 2015
Pleural infection is a frequent clinical condition. Prompt treatment has been shown to reduce hospital costs, morbidity and mortality. Recent advances in treatment have been variably implemented in clinical practice.
Uva, Miguel Sousa, Cardillo, Giuseppe, Waller, David, Abah, Udo, Piergiorgio Solli, Sousa Uva, Miguel, Giuseppe Cardillo, Schmid, Ralph, Athanassiadi, Kalliopi, Franca Melfi, Paul van Schil, Melfi, Franca, Marco Scarci, Ralph A. Schmid, Miguel Sousa Uva, Page, Aravinda, Aravinda Page, Schmid, Ralph A., Udo Abah, Kalliopi Athanassiadi, van Schil, Paul, Scarci, Marco, David Waller, Solli, Piergiorgio   +23 more
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