ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019
Predictors and Clinical Outcomes in Empyema Thoracis Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department Undergoing Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery.
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- Clinical relevance of molecular testing methods in the diagnosis and guidance of therapy in patients with staphylococcal empyema: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Pooled it
- Role of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Acute Empyema in Children: A Retrospective Analysis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Chronic right lung abscess with empyema thoracic presenting as continuous high-grade fever: A case report.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Outcome of Pleural Empyema Treated With Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Patients With Severe Co-Morbidities: An Observational Study.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Impact of Initial Surgical Interventions on Empyema Outcomes: Insights From a Cohort Study in Yemen.Cureus · 2024Article
- Prediction of Poor Outcome Using the Urea to Albumin Ratio in Thoracic Empyema.Acta medica Lituanic · 2024Article
- Culture-Positive and Culture-Negative Empyema After Thoracoscopic Decortication: A Comparison of Short-term and Long-term Outcomes.Open forum infectious diseases · 2023Article
- The outcomes of thoracoscopic decortication between fungal empyema and bacterial empyema.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Surgical Treatment for Empyema Thoracis: Prognostic Role of Preoperative Transthoracic Echocardiography and Serum Calcium.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Predictors of outcome of chest tube drainage of nonpurulent exudative pleural effusions.ERJ open research · 2022Article
- Management of thoracic empyema in children: a survey of the Australia and New Zealand Association of Paediatric Surgeons (ANZAPS).Pediatric surgery international · 2021Article
- Surgical outcome of empyema thoracis patients with special correlation to pre-operative contrast-enhanced computerized tomography (CECT) thorax morphometry.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2021Article
- Empyema Versus Lung Abscess: A Case Report.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reportsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is widely used for the treatment of empyema. We evaluated clinical symptoms, laboratory examinations, and thoracentesis to assess patients in the emergency department (ED) with empyema thoracis, undergoing VATS to identify predictors of adverse outcomes.
methodsThis retrospective study was conducted by reviewing records of ED patients with pleural empyema admitted for VATS from January 2007 to June 2014. Demographic data, clinical symptoms, and laboratory examinations were compared for survivors (Group I) and non-survivors (Group II). Logistic regression analysis was used to identify parameters related to postoperative mortality.
resultsFrom 380 patients, 7.6% (
conclusionsVATS could be a safe option for pediatric and geriatric patients. Age does not appear to affect postoperative mortality. A high degree of awareness is essential for perioperative management and early surgical treatment when ED patients present with the clinical symptom of chest pain.
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