Pleural effusions complicate up to 57% of bacterial pneumonias. They vary in severity, ranging from uncomplicated effusions to empyema. Some require only antibiotics and observation, while others ...

DURING the past fifteen years there has been a dramatic decline in the incidence of empyema. This decrease is related to the early treatment of pneumonia with antibiotics, frequently outside hospitals ...

Rib-trephining was suggested to me by Dr. Hugh Cabot, who states that the method has been employed by a Norwegian (written in connection with Dalton Scholarship, 1910–11), whose name he does not ...

Chest tube drainage is the first step in the management of complicated pleural effusions that have turned into empyema. In cases where adequate drainage cannot be provided or deloculation is required, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most children with empyema can be treated with chest tube drainage, according to recent study findings published ...

A 43-year-old man with sepsis caused by empyema of the left pleural cavity was transferred to our department from another medical center for treatment of pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) secondary to ...

A previously healthy 17-year-old boy presented to his family physician with an increasingly productive cough and fever of 5 days’ duration. Based on a clinical diagnosis of atypical pneumonia, he was ...

Study design: Case report with a review of scientific literature. Objective: To describe the course of tuberculous spinal disease (Pott's disease) complicated by pyogenic and tuberculous empyema, and ...

This is the solution to a case we presented recently. You may review the case here. 1. How do you evaluate his low serum sodium? I have a standard method for evaluating serum sodium. I will present a ...