نتایج جستجو برای: parapneumonic effusion

تعداد نتایج: 19469  

2017

Background: Empyema thoracis may occur from parapneumonic pleural effusion and is associated with prolonged respiratory symptoms requiring longer times for drainage. Suppurative bacterial infections and tuberculosis are important causes; which if not treated early, may result to chronic empyema requiring thoracotomy and decortication. Objectives: To highlight the diagnostic and treatment challe...

2011

Background and Aim: Pleural effusion is the second most common type of extra pulmonary tuberculosis with an incidence of 4.9%. This study aims to describe the age distribution, main clinical, laboratory and radiographic findings and outcome of patients with Tuberculous Pleural Effusion (TPE). Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study of TPE patients admitted in pediatric ward of Masi...

Journal: :Chest 1990
N A Smyrnios P J Jederlinic R S Irwin

We conducted retrospective chart and literature reviews to analyze the frequency and spectrum of causes of asymptomatic pleural effusion (APE). In our series, 16 percent of patients undergoing thoracentesis for PE were asymptomatic and the spectrum of causes was similar to that for symptomatic patients. Asymptomatic PEs were evenly distributed among transudates, exudates and indeterminate effus...

Journal: :BMC Infectious Diseases 2008
Batmunkh Nyambat Paul E Kilgore Dong Eun Yong Dang Duc Anh Chen-Hsun Chiu Xuzhuang Shen Luis Jodar Timothy L Ng Hans L Bock William P Hausdorff

BACKGROUND Parapneumonic empyema continues to be a disease of significant morbidity and mortality among children despite recent advances in medical management. To date, only a limited number of studies have assessed the burden of empyema in Asia. METHODS We surveyed medical records of four representative large pediatric hospitals in China, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam using ICD-10 diagnostic cod...

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