Background Empyema is a complication of bacterial pneumonia which has a particular importance due to its significant morbidity and mortality in children. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic factors of empyema in children with parapneumonic pleural effusion. Materials and Methods: This retrospective cross-section...

OBJECTIVE Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent inducer of capillary permeability and its role as a crucial mediator in pleural fluid formation has been established. This study was conducted to assess the usefulness of VEGF for diagnosing malignant and non-malignant pleural effusions of various causes. PATIENTS AND METHODS VEGF levels in pleural effusions collected from 52 pat...

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...

CHEST, 68: 2, AUGUST, 1975 We, therefore, hypothesize that a low pleural fluid pH in a patient with a parapneumonic effusion indicates that the effusion is in the fibropurulent stage and that there are at least some loculi present which contain purulent material. Diagnostic thoracocentesis with measurement of pleural fluid pH should be performed on all patients with parapneumonic effusion. to e...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Parapneumonic effusions are common, and measurement of pleural pH is one of the most useful measurements in assessing the need for tube drainage. Use of pleural pH assumes that a single measurement conveys a representative picture of pH throughout the effusion. Often effusions are multiloculated, and varying concentrations of nondiffusible acids such as lactic acid, if present ...

This study aimed to identify the bacterial etiology of empyema thoracis or parapneumonic pleural effusions in Thai children, with a focus on pneumococcus. This hospital-based, descriptive study included children aged < or = 16 years, diagnosed with empyema thoracis or parapneumonic pleural effusion, from whom a pleural fluid (PF) sample was taken between January 2008 and November 2009. PF and b...

AIM to evaluate the diagnostic value of an interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) with enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) method, T-SPOT.TB, in the diagnosis of pleural TB using pleural fluid mononuclear cells (PFMC). METHODS forty-eight subjects, presumed to have pleural TB with exudative pleural effusion by Light's criteria, dominated by mononuclear cells, had their pleural fluid specimen te...

Pleural effusion can occur as complication of many diseases. They are classified broadly in to exudative and transudative effusion based on Light's criteria. Common causes of transudative effusions are congestive cardiac failure, cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, superior venacava obstruction, peritoneal dialysis, glomerulonephritis, myxoedema, pulmonary emboli and sarcoidosis whereas exudative PE...

BACKGROUND Pleural effusion is the abnormal collection of fluid in the pleural space resulting from excessive fluid production or decreased absorption and it is one of the most common clinical conditions that we come across in pulmonology clinics and in hospitals. The objective of prospective study was to evaluate the diagnostic role of Abrams Needle Biopsy in Exudative Pleural Effusion. METH...