CASES OF PARACENTESIS THORACIS, WITH OBSERVATIONS

Cases of Gout, with Observations

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...

Observations on Irritable Bladder; with Cases

alleviation of that suffering, demands the serious consideration of every practitioner. Symptoms of irritation of the bladder are very frequent among females; but it is the aggravated stage of the symptoms, when they are liable to be confounded with stone, that I shall now notice, and, according to my observation, they are not confined to either the single or married state. I will here take the...

Empyema thoracis: a problem with late referral?

BACKGROUND Patients are often referred to thoracic units for management of empyema after the acute phase has been treated with antibiotics but without adequate drainage. This study evaluates the effects of delay in surgical treatment of empyema thoracis on morbidity and mortality. METHODS Thirty nine consecutive patients were studied from January 1991 to June 1992. Two groups (group 1, 16 pat...

The cardiac output in patients with cirrhosis of the liver and tense ascites with observations on the effect of paracentesis.