An increasing number of critically ill patients are immunocompromised. Acute hypoxemic
respiratory failure (ARF), chiefly due to pulmonary infection, is the leading reason for ICU …

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery consensus guidelines for the management of
empyema - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Skip to Main Content …

The critical nature of the microbiology laboratory in infectious disease diagnosis calls for a
close, positive working relationship between the physician/advanced practice provider and …

Objective To investigate the etiology of pleural effusions (PE) in adults and the accuracy of
pleural fluid (PF) cytology and cultures in malignant and infectious PE, respectively. Patients …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the prominent cause of mortality and morbidity
with important clinical impact across the globe. India accounts for 23 per cent of global …

Approximately 1.5 million people develop a pleural effusion in the United States each year.
1 There are many different causes of pleural effusions (Box 1). When a patient is seen who …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is defined as an acute symptomatic infection of the
lower respiratory tract which in general develops outside of a hospital or nursing home …

Pleural effusion is not a rare disease in Korea. The diagnosis of pleural effusion is very
difficult, even though the patients often complain of typical symptoms indicating of pleural …

The goal of the initial evaluation is to establish whether an exudate is present or not and
alleviate dyspnea if present. Because clinical judgment is inferior to biochemical parameters …

Pleural space infections are increasing in incidence and continue to have high associated
morbidity, mortality, and need for invasive treatments such as thoracic surgery. The …