Empyema

OBJECTIVE To determine if the incidence of empyema among children in the United States has changed since the introduction of the… (More)

BACKGROUND The incidence of childhood pneumonia decreased following introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7… (More)

BACKGROUND Despite increasing incidence and morbidity, little evidence exists to inform the best management approach in childhood… (More)

BACKGROUND Pediatric pneumococcal parapneumonic empyema (PPE) has become increasingly common. In the last decade, Utah has had… (More)

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to update the incidence and natural history of empyema in patients admitted to hospital… (More)

We investigated the increasing incidence of pediatric empyema during the 1990s at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake… (More)

BACKGROUND The role of intrapleural fibrinolytic agents in the treatment of childhood empyema has not been established. A… (More)

STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine the optimal treatment of empyema thoracis (within the fibrinopurulent phase of illness) comparing… (More)

We report a prospective multi-centre study of the clinical course and hospital management of thoracic empyema in 119 patients… (More)

Parapneumonic effusions occur in 20 to 40% of patients who are hospitalized with pneumonia. The mortality rate in patients with a… (More)