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 ...

Background: The incidence of empyema in children in the UK is increasing. The reason for this is unclear. A prospective study was undertaken to investigate the clinical features, aetiology, and ...

Background Although recent reports suggest that the incidence of parapneumonic empyema has increased in several regions of the USA, national trends in disease burden are unknown. National trends in ...

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Empyema has a high prevalence in children, with a mortality rate of 10% - 27%. Accurate staging of the exudative, fibrinopurulent, and organizing phases is crucial for effective ...

THE therapeutic management of empyema of the pleura has been revised because of the recent favorable experiences with penicillin. The treatment by open drainage after rib resection has been the gen ...

Aims: To determine the clinical course and long term outcome of empyema treated without decortication. Methods: Fourteen consecutive admissions to one hospital were studied; radiological resolution ...

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However, a review of empyema and its treatment is not as outdated and impertinent as one might suppose. Cases of empyema still require hospital admission, although in reduced numbers.

Regarding the basis of clinical findings and paraclinical investigations that measure lung parenchymal necrosis with empyema and fistula formation, thoracotomy and decortication with or without lung ...

Chronic empyema often results in an irreversible anatomic damage of the pleural space and of the lung, leading to secondary difficult complications like bronchopleural fistulae. Invasive procedures ...