In many developing countries, thousands unknowingly suffer from a life-threatening condition—pus collection inside the chest around the lungs, medically known as empyema thoracis. Due to lack of ...

Dr Arvind Kohli India has the dubitable honor of being ranked first in the world with regards to thoracic disease burden, ...

Without timely surgical intervention, the patient's condition would have turned fatal. He was losing weight and strength quickly. Doctors had to race against ...

Aims: To gather data on the clinical presentation of parapneumonic effusion and empyema and to examine the effect of different management strategies on short term outcomes. Methods: Retrospective case ...

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Seven patients with subdural empyema were initially treated by antibiotics without surgery. Six have recovered without sequelae. One required delayed surgery and has recovered with epilepsy. The ...

Abstract Empyema is a well recognised complication of pneumonia. 1 We report a case of pulseless electrical activity (PEA) treated in the emergency department (ED) with intercostal tube drainage based ...

Smoking of crystalline cocaine, known as “crack” cocaine, has been associated with eosinophilic pneumonitis, but not with pleural effusions. We describe a patient with eosinophilic pneumonitis with an ...

Severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) is a major global health challenge, with high morbidity and mortality, especially among patients requiring intensive care. Despite advancements in ...

14 Cobanoglu U, Sayir F, Bilici S, Melek M. Comparison of the methods of fibrinolysis by tube thoracostomy and thoracoscopic decortication in children with stage II and III empyema: a prospective ...

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