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Diagnostic Accuracy of Imaging Findings in Pleural Empyema: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Journal of Imaging, 2021 Computed tomography (CT) diagnosis of empyema is challenging because current literature features multiple overlapping pleural findings. We aimed to identify informative findings for structured reporting.
Desiree Zettinig +5 more
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Bacterial Infection Elicits Heat Shock Protein 72 Release from Pleural Mesothelial Cells [PDF]
, 2013 Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has been implicated in infection-related processes and has been found in body fluids during infection. This study aimed to determine whether pleural mesothelial cells release HSP70 in response to bacterial infection in vitro
Bielsa, S +8 more
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Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background The incidence of community-acquired pleural empyema is increasing. Knowledge of the bacterial aetiology is important in order to base recommendations on empirical antimicrobial treatment.
Jakob Hjertman +2 more
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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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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 +6 more
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Chylous Leak During Posterior Approach to Juvenile Scoliosis Surgery: A Case Report. [PDF]
, 2020 CaseWe report the first documented case of chylous leak recognized intraoperatively during posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion for juvenile scoliosis in a female patient with a history of thoracotomy and decortication for an empyema ...
Choi, Daniel E +5 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 +9 more
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Indwelling Pleural Catheters in Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Single-Center Series of Outcomes and Complications [PDF]
, 2018 Background Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax (HH) generally involves sodium restriction, diuretics, and serial thoracentesis. In more advanced cases, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and liver transplantation may be required.
Bosslet, Gabriel +3 more
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Epidemiology of pleural empyema in English hospitals and the impact of influenza
European Respiratory Journal, 2020 Pleural empyema represents a significant healthcare burden due to extended hospital admissions and potential requirement for surgical intervention. This study aimed to assess changes in incidence and management of pleural empyema in England over the past
D. Arnold +10 more
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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 +9 more
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