For most children with complicated pneumonia, a less aggressive treatment approach is favored for those with small or moderate pleural effusions, according to updated guidance. The Infectious Diseases ...

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The full MIST2 dosing regimen for IET was protective against treatment escalation and bleeding in patients with parapneumonic effusion and empyema. The intrapleural enzyme therapy (IET) dosing regimen ...

Poorly controlled long-standing empyema can dissect through soft tissues and skin resulting in empyema necessitans. We present the first reported case of empyema necessitans caused by Mycobacterium ...

Full MIST2 dosing of intrapleural enzyme therapy (IET) was infrequent and showed significant facility-level variation across hospitals. The receipt of full dosing was associated with a lower risk for ...

The pleura is a thin membrane that covers and cushions the lungs. Pleural fluid reduces friction between the lungs and chest during breathing. Pleurisy is inflammation of the pleura, often caused by ...

Correspondence to: Dr S C Langton Hewer, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol Children’s Hospital, Bristol BS2 8BJ, UK; ...

Empyema is considered to be a sub-classification of parapneumonic pleural effusion. A parapneumonic effusion describes the build-up of activated pleural fluid which is associated with a lung infection ...

DURING the past fifteen years there has been a dramatic decline in the incidence of empyema. This decrease is related to the early treatment of pneumonia with antibiotics, frequently outside hospitals ...