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Epidemiology, Etiology and Prevention of Postpneumonectomy Pleural Empyema [PDF]
Folia Medica, 2019 Background: Pleural empyema after pneumonectomy still poses a serious postoperative complication. A broncho-pleural fistula is often detected. Despite various therapeutic options developed over the last five decades it remains a major surgical challenge ...
Danail B. Petrov +4 more
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Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2020 We report the first surgical series of patients developing pleural empyema after severe bilateral interstitial lung disease in confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection.
A. Tessitore +7 more
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Depression is associated with subsequent risk of pleural empyema
Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2020 Background: Respiratory system infections are prevalent in patients with depression. However, it remains unclear if patients with depression are at an increased risk of developing pleural empyema.
Yi-Chen Shen +9 more
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Polymicrobial empyema; a novel case of Actinomyces turicensis
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021 Empyema or infection of the pleural space is a well described complication of pneumonia, however knowledge of culprit pathogens is still evolving. We report a novel case of empyema due to Actinomyces turicensis, a commensal of the oropharynx and female ...
Shelsey W. Johnson, Ehab Billatos
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A 16-Year-Old with a Mycoplasma hominis Empyema Post-Lung Transplantation: A Case Report. [PDF]
Pediatr TransplantABSTRACT Background This is the first reported case of empyema due to Mycoplasma hominis in a pediatric transplant recipient. Methods A 16‐year‐old Indigenous Canadian boy developed acute respiratory distress 29 days post‐bilateral lung transplantation for chronic lung disease and pulmonary hypertension secondary to extreme prematurity and an atrial ...
Huynh G +3 more
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018 Background We aimed to determine the presepsin concentration in pleural fluid from patients with pleural effusions of different aetiologies and to compare its diagnostic value with that of pleural fluid C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT ...
Naoki Watanabe +9 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 To determine whether a new surgical method using a flexible endoscope (FlexVATS) to perform sparing debridement and apply negative-pressure therapy without extensive decortication may be an alternative treatment option for empyema.
Björn-Ole Stüben +9 more
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Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Empyema is an infection of the pleural space that is classified into 3 stages. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is recommended as the first-line approach for stage II acute empyema. The purpose of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is also achieved
Satoshi Yoshikawa, MD +2 more
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Change in Pulmonary Function Following Decortication for Chronic Pleural Empyema.
Turkish Thoracic Journal, 2020 OBJECTIVES Chronic empyema is the final stage of the triphasic pathogenesis of empyema that is characterized by fibrin deposits in both pleural surfaces, leading to the formation of a thickened pleural peel. This restricts the lung movements, giving rise
S. Abraham, Prashant Chikkahonnaiah
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Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2016 Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical decortication (VATSD) is widely applicable in fibrinopurulent Stage II empyema. While, more chronic thick walled Stage III empyema (organizing stage) needs conversion to open thoracotomy, and existing ...
Waseem M Hajjar +6 more
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