A 36-year-old male with no known comorbidities and a history of fever and productive cough for 12 months was subjected to several treatments for community-acquired pneumonia, without success and with ...

Lung POCUS using a HHUS showed a multiloculated pleural effusion with no connections between the locules, and this was confirmed later with CT, along with left empyema necessitans. An upfront ...

METHODS A five year audit of empyema cases referred to a regional cardiothoracic ... and had undergone chest ultrasound (15 patients), computed tomography (five patients), pleural aspiration attempts ...

In some cases, pus may build up and accumulate between the pleural membranes, a complication known as an empyema. When an empyema is present, a thoracentesis is often the next step. This involves ...

Conclusion: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pleural adhesions were identified as independent ... and major complications such as empyema, pneumonia, and wound infection. Total length of ...

Medindia offers a freely downloadable ‘Pleural Effusion News Widget’ that can be easily installed on one or all pages of your website. Large, medium or small websites’ webmasters can use ...

The magnitude of disease impact did not differ among schedules. Evidence for impact on pneumococcal pneumonia and empyema varied. Conclusions: All schedules (2+1, 3+0 and 3+1) reduced clinical and ...

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Valley fever is a fungal lung infection that occurs when you inhale spores from Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadaii. The disease is also called coccidioidomycosis. Symptoms include cough ...

ABSTRACT: Objective: This study aims to investigate the drainage effect and clinical outcomes of negative pressure chest drainage in patients after two-port thoracoscopic valve surgery, comparing the ...