- Empyema - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice
Empyema is defined as the presence of pus in the pleural space Risk factors include pneumonia, iatrogenic intervention in the pleural space, diabetes, and alcohol abuse In patients with symptoms and signs of infection and a significant pleural effusion, thoracentesis (pleural aspiration) must be performed urgently
- Empiema - Síntomas, diagnóstico y tratamiento - BMJ Best Practice
El empiema se define como la presencia de pus en el espacio pleural Los factores de riesgo incluyen neumonía, intervención iatrogénica en el espacio pleural, diabetes y abuso de alcohol
- Empiema - Sintomas, diagnóstico e tratamento | BMJ Best Practice
O empiema é definido como a presença de pus no espaço pleural Fatores de risco incluem pneumonia, intervenção iatrogênica no espaço pleural, diabetes e abuso de álcool
- Community-acquired pneumonia in children - BMJ Best Practice
Empyema is an advanced stage of parapneumonic effusion, with a complicated outcome In empyema, effusions are initially exudative; without treatment they become fibro-purulent, loculated, and infected Ongoing fibroblastic growth causes a thick peel to form over the visceral pleura, preventing lung expansion
- Community-acquired pneumonia in children - BMJ Best Practice
Chest x-ray and blood cultures are only indicated for children who are hospitalised for severe CAP or complications of CAP (e g , pleural effusion, empyema, necrotising pneumonia, lung abscess) Empirical antibiotic therapy is indicated for all children who are clinically diagnosed with CAP
- Assessment of clubbing - BMJ Best Practice
An important nail sign of systemic disease linked with underlying pulmonary, cardiovascular, neoplastic, infectious, hepatobiliary, mediastinal, endocrine, and gastrointestinal disorders
- Acute cholecystitis - Management recommendations - BMJ Best Practice
Gallbladder empyema can result when cholecystitis is left to progress with concurrent bile stasis and cystic duct obstruction It is a surgical emergency Gallbladder empyema is the most severe form of acute cholecystitis
- Pleural effusion - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
persistent empyema despite chest tube recurrent symptomatic malignant effusions recurrent benign effusion
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