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Persistent hiccups as a rare presenting symptom of empyema: a case report

International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Empyema is uncommon owing to antibiotic use but still affects patient health if not treated. Hiccups as the initial symptom of empyema are rare; however, empyema should be considered if a patient has persistent hiccups with unexplained fever ...
An-Fu Lee, Hong-Wei Lee, Zui-Shen Yen
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Clinical Profile of Children with Pleural Empyema in Community Acquired Pneumonia: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Empyema as a complication of Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) has been reported in a sizeable number of cases. Epidemiological studies on the clinical profile and outcome of CAP with empyema can help in better diagnosis and management of ...
Nilofer Shaikh, Anjali Vasant kale, Murali Krishna Goli, Saeed Siddiqui, Avinash L Sangle, Suvarna G Magar   +5 more
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EMPYEMA OF ANTRUM. [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1899
From a time at least as early as the meeting of Eneas and Dido, caverns—antra—have been the abiding places of mystery and romance. From a perusal of the literature one might even suspect that the same terms would apply to much that has been written about the antrum.
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Clinical Profile of Tubercular Empyema with Special Reference to Diagnostic Role of Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification test (CBNAAT) [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: Tuberculosis is continuing to be a significant burden in the developing world and tubercular empyema thoracis still remains a common entity with significant morbidity and mortality. Clinical course of tubercular empyema is often accompanied
Subhasis Mukherjee, Shabana Begum, Somenath Kundu, Subhra Mitra   +3 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Pleural Fluid Cholesterol and Total Protein Versus Light's Criteria in Differentiation of Exudates and Transudates: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital

The Clinical Respiratory Journal, Volume 19, Issue 9, September 2025.
Combined pleural fluid total protein and cholesterol demonstrated perfect specificity and positive predictive value (PPV), but Light's criteria showed high sensitivity (98.4%). Thus, combination offers superior diagnostic accuracy as compared to Light's criteria alone, with all test statistically significant (p < 0.0001).
Amrit Raj Subedi, Tritha Man Shrestha, Yagya laxmi Shakya, Bishal Budha   +3 more
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THE TREATMENT OF EMPYEMA. [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1901
The average treatment of empyema is still far from satisfactory and decidedly behind the present state of surgical science. Tardy diagnosis, inefficient drainage and slovenly after-treatment are the most frequent causes of failure, retarded convalescence and great deformity, results which, though much less frequent than formerly, are not seldom ...
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Indications for Blood Cultures in Dogs and Associations With Positive Results in 323 Submissions

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Volume 39, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Bacteremia has been associated with many diseases in dogs, but contemporary data from a large and diverse population are lacking. Hypothesis/Objectives Report reasons for blood culture, protocols used, and diseases associated with a positive result in a tertiary referral institution.
Steven E. Epstein, Barbara A. Byrne, Jane E. Sykes   +2 more
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Tissue plasminogen activator for a rare case of neonatal empyema

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020
Empyema is an infection of the pleural space, often secondary to pneumonia. Although frequently encountered in pediatric surgical practice, it is rarely encountered in neonatal patients, and little data exists to guide treatment of neonatal empyema.
A.B. Montgomery, J. Han, J.M. Healy, C. Finck   +3 more
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Low‐Dose Hydrocortisone in Cirrhotic Patients With Septic Shock: A Double‐Blind Randomised Placebo‐Controlled Trial

Liver International, Volume 45, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Steroid supplementation remains controversial in septic shock, partly due to the heterogeneity of the populations studied. Cirrhotic patients with sepsis frequently develop relative adrenal insufficiency, showing poor response to vasopressors and poor prognosis.
Philippe Meersseman, María Hernández‐Tejero, Juan Manuel Diaz, Joost Wauters, Greet Hermans, Fátima Aziz, Helga Ceunen, Veronica Prado, Lies Langouche, Mireya Arteaga, Juan Acevedo, Marc Lleixa, Juliana Zapatero, David Toapanta, Vicente Arroyo, Alexander Wilmer, Javier Fernandez   +16 more
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Population-based cohort study investigating the correlation of diabetes mellitus with pleural empyema in adults in Taiwan

Medicine, 2017
We assessed the association between diabetes mellitus and the risk of pleural empyema in Taiwan. A population-based retrospective cohort study was conducted using the database of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program.
S. Lai, Cheng-Li Lin, K. Liao
semanticscholar   +1 more source