HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY OF PLEURAL
INFECTION This section provides background information for reference, interest and to set …

Severe sepsis and septic shock are as common and lethal as other acute life-threatening
conditions that emergency physicians routinely confront such as acute myocardial infarction …

SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATIONS A summary of the initial management of patients
admitted to hospital with suspected community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is presented in …

Die vorliegende Leitlinie umfasst ein neues und aktualisiertes Konzept der Behandlung und
Prävention von erwachsenen Patienten mit ambulant erworbener Pneumonie und löst die …

There is great variation worldwide in the man-agement of patients with pleural infection, and
approaches differ between physicians. 1–14 In the UK up to 40% of empyema patients come …

The aim of this study is to review the current evidence on the diagnosis and management of
empyema. The American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes and Clinical Trials …

In pleural infection, medical treatment failure (chest-tube drainage and antibiotics) requires
surgery and increases mortality. It would be helpful to predict which patients will fail this …

Hepatic hydrothorax (HH) is the presence of pleural effusion in a patient with cirrhosis
without evidence of other cardiopulmonary disease. It occurs in 5%-15% of patients with …

A review of the recent literature on treatment modalities of adult thoracic empyema was
conducted in order to expose the controversies and verify where consensus exists. Critical …

Study objective To review our experience in treatment of complicated parapneumonic
effusion and pleural empyema by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) Design …