Case of Paracentesis Thoracis

Neonatal Empyema Thoracis: a case report

A term newborn was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit immediately after the birth, with respiratory distress due to congenital pneumonia. With progression of respiratory symptoms, empyema thoracis was diagnosed due to the right massive purulent pleural effusion in chest X ray. Treatment was fulfilled by ventilator support and pus drainage by means of two chest tubes and appropriate an...

Empyema Thoracis

Epmyema thoracis is associated with high mortality ranging between 6% to 24%. The incidence of empyema is increasing in both children and adults; the cause of this surge is unknown. Most cases of empyema complicate community- or hospital-acquired pneumonia but a proportion results from iatrogenic causes or develops without pneumonia. Parapneumonic effusions (PPE) develop in about one half of th...

A case of empyema thoracis caused by actinomycosis.

A female patient who presented with left empyema thoracis caused by Actinomyces odontolyticus is reported. She responded to treatment with penicillin and metronidazole but after 3 weeks developed leucopenia complicated by gram-negative septicaemia. Leucopenia improved rapidly on withdrawal of metronidazole. Treatment was continued with a prolonged course of penicillin and she made an uneventful...

Paracentesis Tympani

PARACENTESIS TYMPANI or, better, myringotomy, means the incision of the tympanic membrane. It was first advocated and used by a Parisian charlatan named Eli, who flourished in the latter part of the eighteenth century. It had its first legitimate employment at the hands of Himley and Cooper during the beginning of the nineteenth century. The indications for the operation at this time were legio...

Treatment of empyema thoracis.