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Medical and Surgical Management of Empyema
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019 Infection of the pleural space is an ancient and common clinical problem, the incidence which is on the rise. Advances in therapy now present clinicians of varying disciplines with an array of therapeutic options ranging from thoracentesis and chest tube
M. Godfrey, K. Bramley, F. Detterbeck
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Pleural empyema management: The impact of Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Medicine Science, 2022 In recent years, Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) has caused many changes in thoracic surgery practice. This study aimed to analyze the results of early VATS surgery in patients with empyema.
Baris Hekimoglu, Muhammet Ali Beyoglu
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Risk factors for tuberculous empyema in pleural tuberculosis patients
Scientific Reports, 2019 Tuberculous empyema (TE) is associated with high mortality and morbidity. In the retrospective cohort study, we aimed to find risk factors for TE among pleural tuberculosis (TB) patients.
Peng Wen +4 more
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Lung abscess predicts the surgical outcome in patients with pleural empyema
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2010 Objectives Most cases of pleural empyema are caused by pulmonary infections, which are usually combined with pneumonia or lung abscess. The mortality of patients with pleural empyema remains high (up to 20%).
Wu Chin-Yen +5 more
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Closed Catheter Drainage for Klebsiella pneumoniae Empyema Necessitans
Case Reports in Surgery, 2023 Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of pneumonia, which can be seen more frequently with tuberculosis (TB). In this case report, we include a 47-year-old female with empyema necessitans; closed drainage has been sought as a sole treatment based on
Mohammed Ishaq, Abdullah Bahadi
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Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionRecent studies have proposed primary empyema and demonstrated a correlation between it and the microbial composition of the oral cavity.
Yun Huang +10 more
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Parapneumonic Empyema Deaths during Past Century, Utah
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 Bacterial pneumonia with empyema is a serious complication of influenza and commonly resulted in death during the 1918 influenza pandemic. We hypothesize that deaths caused by parapneumonic empyema are increasing in Utah once again despite advances in ...
Jeffrey M. Bender +5 more
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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 +10 more
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Clinics, 2019 OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to investigate the risk factors for pulmonary abscess-related empyema by investigating the clinical characteristics and chest computed tomography imaging features of patients with pulmonary abscesses.
Xing-Dong Cai +9 more
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