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Outcome of Pleural Empyema Treated With Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Patients With Severe Co-Morbidities: An Observational Study [PDF]

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Hai Anh Vu,1 Nam Van Nguyen,1 Tuan Dinh Le,2 Son Tien Nguyen,2 Anh Viet Le,1 Anh The Vu,3 Ba Van Nguyen,4 Binh Van Nguyen,5 Nam Thanh Quan,6 Nguyen Van An,7 Thuan Duc Nghiem6 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Military Hospital 103, Vietnam Medical ...
Duc Nghiem T   +9 more
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Modern surgical treatment of pleural empyema

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Pleural empyema is a complex clinical condition characterized by the accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity. Chronicity leads to thickening of the visceral pleura and permanent impairment of respiratory function.
Nenad Tsonevski   +4 more
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Selection of antibiotics for adequate treatment of pleural empyema [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Aim of the study and goals: Select and analyze scientific articles, regarding causes of pleural empyema and its treatment; analyze and describe most common pleural empyema causes; analyze and describe antibiotics usage tactics; compare tactics that were ...
Cibulskis, Donatas
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Myelomatous Pleural Effusion [PDF]

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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a common hematologic malignancy. Pleural effusion is a rare presenting feature of multiple myeloma which carries a poor prognosis.
غیاثی, تقی   +3 more
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Pleural Empyema - Treatment Strategies considering Etiology

open access: yes, 2013
The variety of strategies in the treatment of parapneumonic pleural empyema demonstrates the ambiguity for the method of choice. Parapneumonic pleural empyema has been classified into different stages and classes. While the American Thoracic Society (ATS)
Hecker, E., Hecker, K. A., Hecker, H. C.
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Development of Massive Right Empyema after Sudden Rupture of a Liver Abscess due to Klebsiella Pneumoniae: A Case Report

open access: yes, 2011
The most common cause of empyema is broncho-pulmonary infection. Rapid formation of empyema secondary to ruptured liver abscess is rare. We report an interesting case of massive pleural effusion that developed after the sudden rupture of an asymptomatic ...
WU, JENN-YU;KUO, PING-HUNG;YANG, PAN-CHYR   +1 more
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Risk factors influencing postoperative pleural empyema in patients with pleural mesothelioma: a retrospective single-centre analysis [PDF]

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OBJECTIVES Postoperative empyema is a severe, potentially lethal complication also present, but poorly studied in patients undergoing surgery for pleural mesothelioma.
Monsch, Gian-Marco   +6 more
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Milky Effusion in Giant Empyema Caused by Streptococcus viridans

open access: yesRespirology Case Reports
Milky pleural effusion usually suggests chylothorax. We report a case of massive empyema caused by Streptococcus viridans presenting with milky pleural fluid.
Guo Li   +3 more
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THE ROLE OF LOCAL OZONE THERAPY IN TREATMENT MIXED TUBERCULAR AND PS.AERUGINOSA PLEURAL EMPYEMA

open access: yesМедицинский вестник Юга России, 2013
Purpose: Improving efficiency of treatment mixed tubercular and ps.aeruginosa pleural empyema.Materials and methods: The results of treatment of 65 patients with mixed tubercular and ps.aeruginosa pleural empyema have been analyzed.
A. V. Grankin   +6 more
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Positive predictive value of the ICD-10 hospital diagnosis of pleural empyema in the Danish National Registry of Patients

open access: yes, 2011
Mette Søgaard1,2, Jette Brommann Kornum2, Henrik Carl Schønheyder1, Reimar Wernich Thomsen21Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; 2Department of Clinical Epidemiology ...
Mette Søgaard   +3 more
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