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Epidemiology of pleural empyema in English hospitals and the impact of influenza

European Respiratory Journal, 2020
Pleural empyema represents a significant healthcare burden due to extended hospital admissions and potential requirement for surgical intervention. This study aimed to assess changes in incidence and management of pleural empyema in England over the past
D. Arnold, F. Hamilton, Tim T. Morris, Tim Suri, A. Morley, Vicky Frost, I. Vipond, A. Medford, R. Payne, P. Muir, N. Maskell   +10 more
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Comparing the Mean Platelet Volume and the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Children With Bacterial Pneumonia Associated With or Without Pleural Empyema [PDF]

مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گیلان, 2023
Background Pneumonia is one of the severe infections in children, and empyema is one of its essential complications which causes more risk in affected children. Therefore, its early diagnosis is of great importance.
Houman Hashemian, Fina Sanati
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EMPYEMA. [PDF]

The Lancet
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Effectiveness of Intrapleural Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Dornase Alfa vs Tissue Plasminogen Activator Alone in Children with Pleural Empyema: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA pediatrics, 2020
Importance Clinical guidelines recommend that children with pleural empyema be treated with chest tube insertion and intrapleural fibrinolytics. The addition of dornase alfa (DNase) has been reported to improve outcomes in adults but remains unproven in ...
M. Livingston, S. Mahant, B. Connolly, I. Maclusky, S. Laberge, L. Giglia, Connie L Yang, A. Roberts, A. Shawyer, M. Brindle, S. Parsons, C. Stoian, J. Walton, K. Thorpe, Y. Chen, F. Zuo, M. Mamdani, Carol Y. Chan, Desmond Loong, W. Isaranuwatchai, F. Ratjen, E. Cohen   +21 more
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Empyema necessitans complicating a mild COVID‐19 infection in a young immunocompetent patient

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message COVID‐19 infection can be complicated by secondary bacterial infections including pneumonia and empyema resulting in worse outcomes.
Sierra Sullivan, Jesus Davalos, Belaal Sheikh, Mahmoud Abdelnabi   +3 more
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From Bedside to the Bench—A Call for Novel Approaches to Prognostic Evaluation and Treatment of Empyema

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Empyema, a severe complication of pneumonia, trauma, and surgery is characterized by fibrinopurulent effusions and loculations that can result in lung restriction and resistance to drainage.
Sophia Karandashova, Galina Florova, Steven Idell, Andrey A. Komissarov   +3 more
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Survey of childhood empyema in Asia: Implications for detecting the unmeasured burden of culture-negative bacterial disease

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2008
Background Parapneumonic empyema continues to be a disease of significant morbidity and mortality among children despite recent advances in medical management. To date, only a limited number of studies have assessed the burden of empyema in Asia. Methods
Shen Xuzhuang, Chiu Chen-Hsun, Anh Dang, Yong Dong, Kilgore Paul E, Nyambat Batmunkh, Jodar Luis, Ng Timothy L, Bock Hans L, Hausdorff William P   +9 more
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Problem Terapeutik pada Empiema Terlokulasi karena Tuberkulosis [Theurapetic Problem in Tuberculosis Loculated Empyema]

Jurnal Respirasi, 2018
Background: Pleural effusion is the most common complication of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Some coexist with secondary infection could worsen clinical presentation as empyema.
Isnin Anang Marhana, Amelia Tantri Anggraeni   +1 more
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Intra-pleural fibrinolytic therapy versus placebo, or a different fibrinolytic agent, in the treatment of adult parapneumonic effusions and empyema.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019
BACKGROUND Pleural infection, including parapneumonic effusions and thoracic empyema, may complicate lower respiratory tract infections. Standard treatment of these collections in adults involves antibiotic therapy, effective drainage of infected fluid ...
E. Altmann, I. Crossingham, Stephen Wilson, H. Davies   +3 more
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ON EMPYEMA IN CHILDHOOD. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1894
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