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Management of pediatric parapneumonic effusions and empyema remains controversial. Treatment includes antibiotics, chest tube, fibrinolytic therapy, video-assisted thoracoscopy and debridement ...
Our aim was to compare intrapleural streptokinase (SK) treatment and simple tube drainage in the treatment of children with complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion . A retrospective review ...
reviewed 16 cases of children admitted and treated in our department of pediatric surgery for empyema or pleural effusions for a period of 30 months.ResultsWhen chest drains are used alone, patients can make ...
university hospital. Materials and methods This was a retrospective review over a 16-year period of all children with parapneumonic effusion or empyema undergoing percutaneous US-guided drainage at our centre ...
collections. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review was performed of 71 children with parapneumonic pleural fluid accumulations who were treated with thoracostomy tube placement and intrapleural ...
Aims To ascertain the incidence and outcome of secondary scoliosis associated with parapneumonic effusions / empyema . Methods Retrospective review of case notes of children with pleural effusions over ...
, especially in children less than five years of age. Complicated CAP (CCAP) in a healthy child is a severe disease characterized by a combination of local complications, such as parapneumonic effusion (PPE ...
. Methods Retrospective chart review study using paediatric and thoracic database searches, with particular emphasis on pre‐admission characteristics, disease stage (simple or complex effusion or empyema ...
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