ReviewEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2010
Empyema thoracis: new insights into an old disease.
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- Comparison of Six versus Three Doses of Intrapleural Fibrinolytic Therapy in Children with Empyema: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Clinical observation of bronchoscopy alveolar lavage combined with thoracoscopy in the treatment of empyema in children.Medicine · 2019Trial
- Metagenomic Analysis of Thoracic Empyema Etiology Through Next-Generation Sequencing Enhances Conventional Culture Techniques.Infection & chemotherapy · 2026Article
- The Impact of Sarcopenia on Early Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Decortication due to Empyema: A Retrospective Study in Turkey.Journal of chest surgery · 2025Article
- Efficacy of medical thoracoscopy combined with fibrinolytic therapy in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Infective Pleural Effusions-A Comprehensive Narrative Review Article.Clinics and practice · 2024Review
- Persistent hiccups as a rare presenting symptom of empyema: a case report.International journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Role of RAPID score and surgery in the management of pleural infection: a single center retrospective study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Percutaneous management of complicated empyema thoracis using pigtail, report of a case from University Hospital of Nepal: a case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Intrapleural Urokinase Injection after Medical Thoracoscopy for Empyema and Complicated Para-Pneumonic Effusion: A Case Series.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2023Article
- A 25-Year-Old Patient With Chest Wall Erythema and Tenderness Who Was Ventilated Mechanically.Chest · 2023Article
- Pleural Space Infections.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Spontaneous Escherichia coli Empyema Thoracis: An Unusual Occurrence in a Non-cirrhotic, Immunocompetent Individual.Cureus · 2022Article
- Application of ERAS Protocol after VATS Surgery for Chronic Empyema in Immunocompromised Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A challenging case of thoracic empyema caused byRespiratory medicine case reports · 2022Article
- Optimal timing of video-assisted thoracic surgery for acute pyothorax: a retrospective study.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2021Article
- Caustic ingestion: CT findings of esophageal injuries and thoracic complications.Emergency radiology · 2021Review
- Preoperative undernutrition predicts postoperative complications of acute empyema.Health science reports · 2021Article
- Empyema Tube or No Tube?Cureus · 2021Article
- Thoracic Empyema Secondary to Congenital Chylothorax in a 14-Month-Old Boy with Noonan Syndrome.Case reports in pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
Pleural infection is a disease of historical importance and is still a modern menace, with incidences rising in adults and children, and a significant mortality in adults. Basic research is hampered by limitations with in vivo models, and the bacteriology of empyema is complex. The role of thoracic ultrasound in guiding investigation and drainage of empyema is clear. Prompt treatment with appropriate systemic antibiotics and chest tube drainage are the key; in cases of failure of these measures, thoracic surgery is of proven efficacy in the treatment of this age-old disease.
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