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Video-assisted thoracoscpic muscle transposition for acute empyema. [PDF]

, 2015
Muscle flap transposition is one of the surgical treatment options for empyema with alveolarpleural fistula (APF) or bronchopleural fistula (BPF). This surgical procedure is invasive because it is typically performed by standard thoracotomy. We performed
Kanzaki Masato, Kikkawa Takuma, Maeda Hideyuki, Onuki Takamasa   +3 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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Has the incidence of empyema in Scottish children continued to increase beyond 2005? [PDF]

, 2014
Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.Peer ...
Nath, Stuart, Spencer, David, Thomas, Matt, Turner, Steve   +3 more
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Indwelling pleural catheters for non-malignant pleural effusions: report on a single centre's 10 years of experience [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Recurrent pleural effusion is a common cause of dyspnoea, cough and chest pain during the course of infectious pleurisy and non-malignant diseases like congestive heart failure (CHF) or liver cirrhosis with hepatic hydrothorax (HH). With
Brünger, Martin, Frost, Nikolaj, Raspe, Matthias, Ruwwe-Glösenkamp, Christoph, Suttorp, Norbert, Temmesfeld-Wollbrück, Bettina, Witzenrath, Martin   +6 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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Two case reports of two interventional radiology techniques for the treatment of stage II empyema: Hydrodissection and guidewire-dissection

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Empyema is an infection of the pleural space that is classified into 3 stages. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is recommended as the first-line approach for stage II acute empyema. The purpose of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is also achieved
Satoshi Yoshikawa, MD, Masahisa Nakamura, MD, PhD, Takeshi Ueda, MD   +2 more
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Dose de-escalation of intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator therapy for pleural infection. The alteplase dose assessment for Pleural infection Therapy project [PDF]

, 2017
Rationale: Intrapleural therapy with a combination of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) 10 mg and DNase 5 mg administered twice daily has been shown in randomized and open-label studies to successfully manage over 90% of patients with pleural infection ...
Bintcliffe, Oliver, Blyth, Kevin G., De Fonseka, Duneesha, Edey, Anthony, Lee, Y. C. Gary, Martin, Geoffrey, Maskell, Nick, Piccolo, Francesco, Popowicz, Natalia, Smith, Nicola A., Wong, Donny   +10 more
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Experimental pleural empyema model in rabbits: Why, how and what are the next steps [PDF]

, 2014
Bacgraund/Aim. The use of new therapeutic methods to prevent development of fibrothorax as the final complication of the human pleural infections requires research with experimental animals.
Cvijanović Vlado, Jović Milena, Perić Tijana, Sekulović Leposava, Stanić Vojkan, Vojvodić Danilo, Đurđević Dragan   +6 more
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication for the management of late stage pleural empyema, is it feasible?

Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2016
Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical decortication (VATSD) is widely applicable in fibrinopurulent Stage II empyema. While, more chronic thick walled Stage III empyema (organizing stage) needs conversion to open thoracotomy, and existing ...
Waseem M Hajjar, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sami A Al-Nassar, Rawan K Alsultan, Waad A Alwgait, Hanoof H Alkhalaf, Shekhar C Bisht   +6 more
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Timely thoracoscopic decortication promotes the recovery of paediatric parapneumonic empyema [PDF]

, 2015
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Fung, CH, Lau, CT, Tam, PKH, Wong, KKY
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