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Severe necrotizing pneumonia complicated by empyema in a neonate

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Necrotizing pneumonia is a severe complication of pneumonia, characterized by local destruction of lung tissue with development of multiple small cavities (abscesses) and may be associated with empyema. Empyema is an unusual complication in neonates with
Henry Zapata, Andrew Wahba
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Evaluation of complicated and uncomplicated parapneumonic effusion in children

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2016
Parapneumonic effusion (PPE) and empyema are most often seen as a complication of bacterial pneumonia and occasionally associated with atypical bacteria or viruses.
Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli-Aydın, Gönül Tanır, Gülsüm İclal Bayhan, Türkan Aydın-Teke, Fatma Nur Öz, Özge Metin-Akcan, Ayşe Kaman   +6 more
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Logistic regression analysis of clinical and computed tomography features of pulmonary abscesses and risk factors for pulmonary abscess-related empyema

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, Ying Yang, Jinzhong Li, Xiaoying Liao, Shijie Qiu, Jingjing Xu, Miao Zhang, Yuanshun Huang, Zhi-Hong Huang, Hong-Ming Ma   +9 more
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Streptococcus gordonii empyema: A case report and literature review

IDCases, 2023
Empyema is often caused by Streptococcus anginous species, followed by Streptococcus pneumoniae. The organism Streptococcus gordonii belongs to the Streptococcus mitis group, which rarely causes empyema.
Jin-Hao Xu, Chia-Yu Chiu, Yen-Cheng Yeh, Jen-Chih Chen   +3 more
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Rescue Surgery for Advanced Stage Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Thorac Cancer
Rescue surgery is a last resort treatment for patients with advanced lung cancer to treat acute and life‐threatening complications. Our review showed a mean survival of 12 months and a high complication rate (51%), the risk–benefit imbalance should always be considered.
Leonardi B, Messina G, Vicario G, Pica DG, Di Filippo V, Vinciguerra R, Capasso F, Caputo A, Giorgiano NM, D'Agostino A, Iovine A, Guarino AA, Robustelli M, Corte CMD, Morgillo F, Varriale E, Capaccio D, Grimaldi A, Franco R, Lucà S, Vicidomini G, Fiorelli A.   +21 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, Lin Yi-Chieh, Fang Hsin-Yuan, Chen Heng-Chung, Huang Hung-Che, Cheng Ching-Yuan   +5 more
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Targeting the PAI-1 Mechanism with a Small Peptide Increases the Efficacy of Alteplase in a Rabbit Model of Chronic Empyema

Pharmaceutics, 2023
The incidence of empyema is increasing and associated with a mortality rate of 20% in patients older than 65 years. Since 30% of patients with advanced empyema have contraindications to surgical treatment, novel, low-dose, pharmacological treatments are ...
Galina Florova, Christian J. De Vera, Rebekah L. Emerine, René A. Girard, Ali O. Azghani, Krishna Sarva, Jincy Jacob, Danna E. Morris, Mignote Chamiso, Steven Idell, Andrey A. Komissarov   +10 more
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EMPYEMA OF THE ANTRUM. [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1904
In looking over the literature of the above-named subject I have again and again been impressed by the few references to the difference between a cystic empyema, so called, and a true empyema, the one being due to the encroachment of a dentinal or alveolar cyst to the antrum, the other a true infection of the antrum either from dental or nasal origin.
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Assessment of Mortality Risk in Patients With Community‐Acquired Pneumonia: Role of Novel Inflammatory Biomarkers

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.
Aim: This study aims to assess the impact of novel inflammatory biomarkers—derived from routinely available clinical parameters—on disease progression, length of hospital stay, and mortality in hospitalized CAP patients. Methods: This retrospective cross‐sectional study included 207 patients who were hospitalized and treated for clinically and ...
Burcu Baran, Nur Aleyna Yetkin, Bilal Rabahoğlu, Nuri Tutar, İnci Gülmez   +4 more
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The Epidemiology, Management and Therapeutic Outcomes of Subdural Empyema in Neonates with Acute Bacterial Meningitis

Antibiotics
Background: Subdural empyema is one of the more serious complications of bacterial meningitis and therapeutic challenges to clinicians. We aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcome of subdural empyema in neonates with ...
Wei-Ju Lee, Ming-Horng Tsai, Jen-Fu Hsu, Shih-Ming Chu, Chih-Chen Chen, Peng-Hong Yang, Hsuan-Rong Huang, Miao-Ching Chi, Chiang-Wen Lee, Mei-Chen Ou-Yang   +9 more
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