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Results of two fibrinolytics in treatment of the early stage of empyema [PDF]

Zagazig University Medical Journal, 2023
Management of an early empyema is an important problem in thoracic surgery. As an alternative to surgical treatment empyema is in patients who developed early empyema , intra-pleural fibrinolysis has been used with favorable results.
amr tawfek, Mamdouh Elsharawy, Mohammad Ibrahim, Amr Mansour   +3 more
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Pleural empyema secondary to nephropleural fistula in complicated pyonephrosis

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Pleural empyema of extra pulmonary origin is uncommon and empyema secondary to a fistula between the urinary tract and thorax is extremely rare. We report a case of nephropleural fistula causing massive pleural empyema in a 64-year-old woman with a long ...
Stefania Tamburrini, MD, Marina Lugarà, MD, Pietro Paolo Saturnino, MD, Giovanni Ferrandino, MD, Pasquale Quassone, MD, Silvio Leboffe, MD, Giuseppe Sarti, MD, Concetta Rocco, MD, Claudio Panico, MD, Francesco Raffaele, MD, Teresa Cesarano, MD, Michele Iannuzzi, MD, Lucio Cagini, MD, Ines Marano, MD   +13 more
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Intrapleural injection of urokinase in the treatment of acute Haemophilus influenza empyema in children: A case report and literature review

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to analyze the clinical data of a child with acute empyema caused by Haemophilus influenzae, and to investigate the diagnosis and treatment of this disease through literature review to improve the clinical ...
Lin Yang, YaFei Zhu, GuangSheng Wu
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Performance of TB-LAMP in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Empyema Using Samples Obtained From Pleural Decortication

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
PurposeTo evaluate the performance of TB-LAMP in the diagnosis of TB empyema using pleural tissue specimens obtained during pleural decortication.MethodsUsing the clinical records and the different diagnostic test results of patients who underwent ...
Chang Liu, Lichao Fan, Jiansong Zhang, Qi Hong, Yi Ren, Huaiyu Tian, Yu Chen   +6 more
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A Simple Method for Differentiating Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion/Empyema from Parapneumonic Effusion Using the Split Pleura Sign and the Amount of Pleural Effusion on Thoracic CT. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Pleural separation, the "split pleura" sign, has been reported in patients with empyema. However, the diagnostic yield of the split pleura sign for complicated parapneumonic effusion (CPPE)/empyema and its utility for differentiating CPPE/empyema from ...
Naoki Tsujimoto, Takeshi Saraya, Richard W Light, Yayoi Tsukahara, Takashi Koide, Daisuke Kurai, Haruyuki Ishii, Hirokazu Kimura, Hajime Goto, Hajime Takizawa   +9 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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A Case Report of Histoplasma-Associated Empyema Treated With Intravenous Injection and Local Thoracic Irrigation of Amphotericin B Plus Medical Thoracoscopy

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Cases of empyema associated with Histoplasma infection are rarely reported. Here, we discuss a case of Histoplasma-associated empyema successfully treated with amphotericin B intravenous and pleural infusion therapy and multiple medical thoracoscopies. A
Ning Cui, Lijun Wang, Jingming Zhao
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Parapneumonic empyema diagnosed by chest radiograph and computed tomography [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2013
Pleural effusion is commonly seen associated with pneumonia. When this progresses to empyema, directed therapy is frequently required. Chest radiographic and computed tomography findings can help distinguish empyema from a transudative pleural effusion.
David M. Widlus, John Paul Brady, Ning Jin   +2 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, Kuang-Ming Liao, Yen-Sung Lin, Yu-Jhen Huang, Cheng-Li Lin, Chia-Wen Tsai, Wen-Shin Chang, Te-Chun Shen, Da-Tian Bau, Te-Chun Hsia   +9 more
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The usefulness of pleural fluid presepsin, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin in distinguishing different causes of pleural effusions

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, Tomoya Ishii, Nobuyuki Kita, Nobuhiro Kanaji, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Nobuki Nanki, Yutaka Ueda, Yasunori Tojo, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Shuji Bandoh   +9 more
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